Printed edition

Stanza 7

The Elder or Poetic Edda, 1908

Olive Bray · stanza 7

1908
Old Norse
Enn vari gestr, es til verþar kömr,þunnu hljóþi þegir,eyrum hlýþir, en augum skoþar:svá nýtisk fróþra hverr fyrir.
English translation
Let the wary stranger who seeks refreshmentkeep silent with sharpened hearing;with his ears let him listen, and look with his eyes;thus each wise man spies out the way.
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