Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 86
1923In a flying arrow or falling waters,In ice new formed or the serpent’s folds,In a bride’s bed-speech or a broken sword,In the sport of bears or in sons of kings,Hávamál · Counsel and reflections on love
Henry Adams Bellows stanza 86
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Benjamin Thorpe · stanza 86
1866a flying dart,a falling billow,a one night’s ice,a coiled serpent,a woman’s bed-talk,or a broken sword,a bear’s play,or a royal child,Olive Bray · stanza 85
1908flying arrows, or falling billow,ice of a night time, coiling adder,woman’s bed-talk, or broken blade,play of bears or a prince’s child,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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