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Stanza 8

The Elder or Poetic Edda, 1908

Olive Bray · stanza 8

1908
Old Norse
Hinn es s ǽ ll es sér of getrlof ok líknstafi;ód ǽ lla er viþ þat es maþr eiga skalannars brjóstum í.
English translation
Happy is he who wins for himselffair fame and kindly words;but uneasy is that which a man doth ownswhile it lies in another’s breast.
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