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Stanza 84

The Poetic Edda: Translated from the Icelandic with an Introduction and Notes, 1923

Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 84

1923
A man shall trust not the oath of a maid,Nor the word a woman speaks;For their hearts on a whirling wheel were fashioned,And fickle their breasts were formed.* * *
The Poetic Edda: Translated from the Icelandic with an Introduction and NotesPublic domain in the United States
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