Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 141
1923Nine mighty songs I got from the sonOf Bolthorn, Bestla’s father;And a drink I got of the goodly meadPoured out from Othrörir.Hávamál · Rúnatal
Henry Adams Bellows stanza 141
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Benjamin Thorpe · stanza 142
1866Potent songs ninefrom the famed son I learnedof Bölthorn, Bestla’s sire,and a draught obtainedof the precious mead,drawn from Odhrærir.Olive Bray · stanza 139
1908Nine mighty songs I learned from the greatson of Bale-thorn, Bestla’s sire;I drank a measure of the wondrous Mead,with the Soulstirrer’s drops I was showered.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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