Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 32
1923Friendly of mind are many men,Till feasting they mock at their friends;To mankind a bane must it ever beWhen guests together strive.Hávamál · Hávamál proper
Henry Adams Bellows stanza 32
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Benjamin Thorpe · stanza 32
1866Many menare mutually well-disposed,yet at table will torment each other.That strife will ever be;guest will guest irritate.Olive Bray · stanza 32
1908Oft, though their hearts lean towards one another,friends are divided at table;ever the source of strife ‘twill be,that guest will anger guest.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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