Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 143
1923Runes shalt thou find, and fateful signs,That the king of singers colored,And the mighty gods have made;Full strong the signs, full mighty the signsThat the ruler of gods doth write.Hávamál · Rúnatal
Henry Adams Bellows stanza 143
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Benjamin Thorpe · stanza 144
1866Runes thou wilt find,and explained characters,very large characters,very potent characters,which the great speaker depicted,and the high powers formed,and the powers’ prince graved:Olive Bray · stanza 141
1908Hidden Runes shalt thou seek and interpreted signs,many symbols of might and power,by the great Singer painted, by the high Powers fashioned,graved by the Utterer of gods.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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