Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 38
1923Away from his arms in the open fieldA man should fare not a foot;For never he knows when the need for a spearShall arise on the distant road.Hávamál · Hávamál proper
Henry Adams Bellows stanza 38
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Benjamin Thorpe · stanza 38
1866Leaving in the field his arms,let no man goa foot’s length forward;for it is hard to knowwhen on the waya man may need his weapon.Olive Bray · stanza 38
1908Let a man never stir on his road a stepwithout his weapons of war;for unsure is the knowing when need shall ariseof a spear on the way without.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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