Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 88
1923In a brother’s slayer, if thou meet him abroad,In a half-burned house, in a horse full swift—One leg is hurt and the horse is useless—None had ever such faith as to trust in them all.* * *Hávamál · Counsel and reflections on love
Henry Adams Bellows stanza 88
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Benjamin Thorpe · stanza 89
1866a brother’s murderer,though on the high road met,a half-burnt house,an over-swift horse,(a horse is useless,if a leg be broken,no man is so confidingas to trust any of these.Olive Bray · stanza 86
1908sickly calf or self-willed thrall,witch’s flattery, new-slain foe,brother’s slayer, though seen on the highway,half burned house, or horse too swift—useless were it with one leg broken—be never so trustful as these to trust.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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