Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 2
1923Hail to the giver! a guest has come;Where shall the stranger sit?Swift shall he be who with swords shall tryThe proof of his might to make.Hávamál · Hávamál proper
Henry Adams Bellows stanza 2
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Benjamin Thorpe · stanza 2
1866Givers, hail!A guest is come in:where shall he sit?In much hast is he,who on the ways hasto try his luck.Olive Bray · stanza 2
1908Old Norse
Gefendr heilir! gestr’s inn kominn;hvar skal sitja sjá?mjök es bráþr sás á bröndum skalsíns of freista frama.English translation
Hail, ye givers! a guest is come;say! where shall he sit within?Much pressed is he who fain on the hearthwould seek for warmth and weal.Source
The Poetic Edda: Translated from the Icelandic with an Introduction and Notes
Hávamál, translated by Henry Adams Bellows, in The Poetic Edda (1923). Public-domain transcription sourced from Project Gutenberg ebook 73533.
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- Henry Adams Bellows
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- 1923
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- Public domain in the United States
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- Project Gutenberg
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