Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 43
1923To his friend a man a friend shall prove,To him and the friend of his friend;But never a man shall friendship makeWith one of his foeman’s friends.Hávamál · Hávamál proper
Henry Adams Bellows stanza 43
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Benjamin Thorpe · stanza 43
1866To his frienda man should be a friend,to him and to his friend;but of his foeno man shallthe friend’s friend be.Olive Bray · stanza 43
1908To his friend a man should bear him as friend,to him and a friend of his;but let him beware that he be not the friendof one who is friend to his foe.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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