Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 136
1923Strong is the beam that raised must beTo give an entrance to all;Give it a ring, or grim will beThe wish it would work on thee.Hávamál · Loddfáfnismál
Henry Adams Bellows stanza 136
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Benjamin Thorpe · stanza 138
1866Strong is the barthat must be raisedto admit all.Do thou give a penny,or they will call down on theeevery ill in thy limbs.Olive Bray · stanza 135
1908Old Norse
Ramt’s þat tré es ríþa skalöllum at upphloki:baug þú gef, eþa þat biþja munþér lǽs hvers á liþu.English translation
Mighty is the bar to be moved awayfor the entering in of all.Shower thy wealth, or men shall with theeevery ill in thy limbs.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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