Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 5
1923Wits must he have who wanders wide,But all is easy at home;At the witless man the wise shall winkWhen among such men he sits.Hávamál · Hávamál proper
Henry Adams Bellows stanza 5
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Benjamin Thorpe · stanza 5
1866Wit is needfulto him who travels far:at home all is easy.A laughing-stock is hewho nothing knows,and with the instructed sits.Olive Bray · stanza 5
1908Old Norse
Vits es þörf þeims víþa ratar,dǽlt es heima hvat;at augabragþi verþr sás etki kannauk meþ snotrum sitr.English translation
He hath need of his wits who wanders wide,aught simple will serve at home;but a gazing-stock is the fool who sitsmid the wise, and nothing knows.Source
The Poetic Edda: Translated from the Icelandic with an Introduction and Notes
Hávamál, translated by Henry Adams Bellows, in The Poetic Edda (1923). Public-domain transcription sourced from Project Gutenberg ebook 73533.
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- Henry Adams Bellows
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- 1923
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- Public domain in the United States
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