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Stanza 73

The Elder or Poetic Edda, 1908

Olive Bray · stanza 73

1908
Two are hosts against one, the tongue is the head’s bane,‘neath a rough hide a hand may be hid.He is glad at night fall who knows of his lodging,short is the ship’s berth,and changeful the autumn night,much veers the wind ere the fifth dayand blows round yet more in a month.
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