Theme
Kinship
Children, relatives, remembrance, inheritance, and obligation.
Passage 006Henry Adams Bellows stanza 6A man shall not boast of his keenness of mind,Passage 008Henry Adams Bellows stanza 8Happy the one who wins for himselfPassage 010Henry Adams Bellows stanza 10A better burden may no man bearPassage 011Henry Adams Bellows stanza 11A better burden may no man bearPassage 012Henry Adams Bellows stanza 12Less good there lies than most believePassage 014Henry Adams Bellows stanza 14Drunk I was, I was dead-drunk,Passage 015Henry Adams Bellows stanza 15The son of a king shall be silent and wise,Passage 023Henry Adams Bellows stanza 23The witless man is awake all night,Passage 028Henry Adams Bellows stanza 28Wise shall he seem who well can question,Passage 030Henry Adams Bellows stanza 30In mockery no one a man shall hold,Passage 032Henry Adams Bellows stanza 32Friendly of mind are many men,Passage 042Henry Adams Bellows stanza 42To his friend a man a friend shall prove,Passage 057Henry Adams Bellows stanza 57A brand from a brand is kindled and burned,Passage 060Henry Adams Bellows stanza 60Of seasoned shingles and strips of barkPassage 068Henry Adams Bellows stanza 68Fire for men is the fairest gift,Passage 069Henry Adams Bellows stanza 69All wretched is no man, though never so sick;Passage 072Henry Adams Bellows stanza 72A son is better, though late he be born,Passage 076Henry Adams Bellows stanza 76Among Fitjung’s sons saw I well-stocked folds,—Passage 077Henry Adams Bellows stanza 77Cattle die, and kinsmen die,Passage 078Henry Adams Bellows stanza 78Cattle die, and kinsmen die,Passage 082Henry Adams Bellows stanza 82When the gale blows hew wood, in fair winds seek the water;Passage 085Henry Adams Bellows stanza 85In a breaking bow or a burning flame,Passage 086Henry Adams Bellows stanza 86In a flying arrow or falling waters,Passage 087Henry Adams Bellows stanza 87In a calf that is sick or a stubborn thrall,Passage 088Henry Adams Bellows stanza 88In a brother’s slayer, if thou meet him abroad,Passage 089Henry Adams Bellows stanza 89Hope not too surely for early harvest,Passage 094Henry Adams Bellows stanza 94Fault with another let no man findPassage 097Henry Adams Bellows stanza 97Billing’s daughter I found on her bed,Passage 099Henry Adams Bellows stanza 99Away I hastened, hoping for joy,Passage 100Henry Adams Bellows stanza 100So came I next when night it was,Passage 101Henry Adams Bellows stanza 101At morning then, when once more I came,Passage 102Henry Adams Bellows stanza 102Many fair maids, if a man but tries them,Passage 103Henry Adams Bellows stanza 103Though glad at home, and merry with guests,Passage 107Henry Adams Bellows stanza 107The well-earned beauty well I enjoyed,Passage 114Henry Adams Bellows stanza 114Such is her might that thou hast no mindPassage 118Henry Adams Bellows stanza 118I saw a man who was wounded sorePassage 120Henry Adams Bellows stanza 120I rede thee, Loddfafnir! and hear thou my rede,—Passage 129Henry Adams Bellows stanza 129I rede thee, Loddfafnir! and hear thou my rede,—Passage 131Henry Adams Bellows stanza 131I rede thee, Loddfafnir! and hear thou my rede,—Passage 132Henry Adams Bellows stanza 132I rede thee, Loddfafnir! and hear thou my rede,—Passage 133Henry Adams Bellows stanza 133Oft scarcely he knows who sits in the housePassage 134Henry Adams Bellows stanza 134I rede thee, Loddfafnir! and hear thou my rede,—Passage 138Henry Adams Bellows stanza 138Now are Hor’s words spoken in the hall,Passage 140Henry Adams Bellows stanza 140None made me happy with loaf or horn,Passage 141Henry Adams Bellows stanza 141Nine mighty songs I got from the sonPassage 143Henry Adams Bellows stanza 143Runes shalt thou find, and fateful signs,Passage 144Henry Adams Bellows stanza 144Othin for the gods, Dain for the elves,Passage 147Henry Adams Bellows stanza 147The songs I know that king’s wives know not,Passage 148Henry Adams Bellows stanza 148A second I know, that men shall needPassage 149Henry Adams Bellows stanza 149A third I know, if great is my needPassage 150Henry Adams Bellows stanza 150A fourth I know, if men shall fastenPassage 153Henry Adams Bellows stanza 153A seventh I know, if I see in flamesPassage 154Henry Adams Bellows stanza 154An eighth I know, that is to allPassage 156Henry Adams Bellows stanza 156A tenth I know, what time I seePassage 159Henry Adams Bellows stanza 159A thirteenth I know, if a thane full youngPassage 163Henry Adams Bellows stanza 163A seventeenth I know, so that seldom shall goPassage 164Henry Adams Bellows stanza 164Long these songs thou shalt, Loddfafnir,Passage 165Henry Adams Bellows stanza 165An eighteenth I know, that ne’er will I tell