Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 148
1923A second I know, that men shall needWho leechcraft long to use;. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 translations are aligned to this passage.
A second I know, that men shall needWho leechcraft long to use;. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .For the second I know,what the sons of men require,who will as leeches live.* * ** * ** * *A second I know, which the son of menmust sing, who would heal the sick.Hávamál, translated by Henry Adams Bellows, in The Poetic Edda (1923). Public-domain transcription sourced from Project Gutenberg ebook 73533.
Drunk I was, I was dead-drunk, When with Fjalar wise I was; ‘Tis the best of drinking if back one brings His wisdom with him home.
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