Hávamál · Hávamál proper

Henry Adams Bellows stanza 13

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Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 13

1923

Over beer the bird of forgetfulness broods,And steals the minds of men;With the heron’s feathers fettered I layAnd in Gunnloth’s house was held.

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Benjamin Thorpe · stanza 13

1866

Oblivion’s heron ‘tis calledthat over potations hovers,he steals the minds of men.With this bird’s pinionsI was fetteredin Gunnlöds dwelling.

Olive Bray · stanza 13

1908

A bird of Unmindfulness flutters o’er ale feasts,wiling away men’s wits:with the feathers of that fowl I was fettered oncein the garths of Gunnlod below.

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.

Translator or editor: Henry Adams Bellows
Published: 1923
License: Public domain in the United States
Text source: Project Gutenberg

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