Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 33
1923Oft should one make an early meal,Nor fasting come to the feast;Else he sits and chews as if he would choke,And little is able to ask.Hávamál · Hávamál proper
Henry Adams Bellows stanza 33
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Benjamin Thorpe · stanza 33
1866Early mealsa man should often take,unless to a friend’s house he goes;else he will sit and mope,will seem half-famished,and can of few things inquire.Olive Bray · stanza 33
1908A man should take always his meals betimesunless he visit a friend,or he sits and mopes, and half famished seems,and can ask or answer nought.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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Friendly of mind are many men, Till feasting they mock at their friends; To mankind a bane must it ever be When guests together strive.
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