Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 7
1923The knowing guest who goes to the feast,In silent attention sits;With his ears he hears, with his eyes he watches,Thus wary are wise men all.Hávamál · Hávamál proper
Henry Adams Bellows stanza 7
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Benjamin Thorpe · stanza 7
1866A way guest,who to refection comes,keeps a cautious silence,with his ears listens,and with his eyes observes:so explores every prudent man.Olive Bray · stanza 7
1908Old Norse
Enn vari gestr, es til verþar kömr,þunnu hljóþi þegir,eyrum hlýþir, en augum skoþar:svá nýtisk fróþra hverr fyrir.English translation
Let the wary stranger who seeks refreshmentkeep silent with sharpened hearing;with his ears let him listen, and look with his eyes;thus each wise man spies out the way.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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