Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 41
1923Friends shall gladden each other with arms and garments,As each for himself can see;Gift-givers’ friendships are longest found,If fair their fates may be.Hávamál · Hávamál proper
Henry Adams Bellows stanza 41
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Benjamin Thorpe · stanza 41
1866With arms and vestmentsfriends should each other gladden,those which are in themselves most sightly.Givers and requitersare longest friends,if all [else] goes well.Olive Bray · stanza 41
1908With raiment and arms shall friends gladden each other,so has one proved oneself;for friends last longest, if fate be fairwho give and give again.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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