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Stanza 5

The Elder or Poetic Edda, 1908

Olive Bray · stanza 5

1908
Old Norse
Vits es þörf þeims víþa ratar,dǽlt es heima hvat;at augabragþi verþr sás etki kannauk meþ snotrum sitr.
English translation
He hath need of his wits who wanders wide,aught simple will serve at home;but a gazing-stock is the fool who sitsmid the wise, and nothing knows.
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