Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 14
1923Drunk I was, I was dead-drunk,When with Fjalar wise I was;‘Tis the best of drinking if back one bringsHis wisdom with him home.Hávamál · Hávamál proper
Henry Adams Bellows stanza 14
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Benjamin Thorpe · stanza 14
1866Drunk I was,I was over-drunk,at that cunning Fjalar’s.It’s the best drunkenness,when every one after itregains his reason.Olive Bray · stanza 14
1908Drunk was I then, I was over drunkin that crafty Jötun’s court.But best is an ale feast when man is ableto call back his wits at once.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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