Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 150
1923A fourth I know, if men shall fastenBonds on my bended legs;So great is the charm that forth I may go,The fetters spring from my feet,Broken the bonds from my hands.Hávamál · Ljóðatal
Henry Adams Bellows stanza 150
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Benjamin Thorpe · stanza 151
1866For the forth I know,if men placebonds on my limbs,I so singthat I can walk;the fetter starts from my feet,and the manacle from my hands.Olive Bray · stanza 148
1908A fourth I know: if men make fastin chains the joints of my limbs,when I sing that song which shall set me free,spring the fetters from hands and feet.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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