Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 11
1923A better burden may no man bearFor wanderings wide than wisdom;It is better than wealth on unknown ways,And in grief a refuge it gives.Hávamál · Hávamál proper
Henry Adams Bellows stanza 11
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Benjamin Thorpe · stanza 11
1866A worse provisionon the way he cannot carrythan too much beer-bibbing;so good is not,as it is said,beer for the sons of men.Olive Bray · stanza 11
1908Old Norse
Byrþi betri berrat maþr brautu at,an sé manvit mikit;vegnest verra vegra hann velli at,an sé ofdrykkja öls.English translation
A better burden can no man bearon the way than his mother wit:and no worse provision can he carry with himthan too deep a draught of ale.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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