Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 127
1923I rede thee, Loddfafnir! and hear thou my rede,—Profit thou hast if thou hearest,Great thy gain if thou learnest:If evil thou knowest, as evil proclaim it,And make no friendship with foes.Hávamál · Loddfáfnismál
Henry Adams Bellows stanza 127
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Benjamin Thorpe · stanza 129
1866I counsel thee, etc.Wherever of injury thou knowest,regard that injury as thy own;and give to thy foes no peace.Olive Bray · stanza 126
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:when in peril thou seest thee, confess thee in peril,nor ever give peace to thy foes.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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