Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 40
1923None so free with gifts or food have I foundThat gladly he took not a gift,Nor one who so widely scattered his wealthThat of recompense hatred he had.Hávamál · Hávamál proper
Henry Adams Bellows stanza 40
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Benjamin Thorpe · stanza 39
1866I have never found aman so bountiful,or so hospitablethat he refused a present;of his propertyso liberalthat he scorned a recompense.Olive Bray · stanza 39
1908I found none so noble or free with his food,who was not gladdened with a gift,nor one who gave of his gifts such storebut he loved reward, could he win it.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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