Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 122
1923I rede thee, Loddfafnir! and hear thou my rede,—Profit thou hast if thou hearest,Great thy gain if thou learnest:Exchange of words with a witless apeThou must not ever make.Hávamál · Loddfáfnismál
Henry Adams Bellows stanza 122
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Benjamin Thorpe · stanza 124
1866I counsel thee, etc.Words thou nevershouldst exchangewith a witless fool;Olive Bray · stanza 121
1908I counsel thee, Stray-Singer, accept my counsels,they will be thy boon if thou obey’st them,they will work thy weal if thou win’st them:never in speech with a foolish knaveshould thou waste a single word.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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