Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 128
1923I rede thee, Loddfafnir! and hear thou my rede,—Profit thou hast if thou hearest,Great thy gain if thou learnest:In evil never joy shalt thou know,But glad the good shall make thee.Free to read · Built for close study
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I rede thee, Loddfafnir! and hear thou my rede,—Profit thou hast if thou hearest,Great thy gain if thou learnest:In evil never joy shalt thou know,But glad the good shall make thee.Hávamál, translated by Henry Adams Bellows, in The Poetic Edda (1923). Public-domain transcription sourced from Project Gutenberg ebook 73533.
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