Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 42
1923To his friend a man a friend shall prove,And gifts with gifts requite;But men shall mocking with mockery answer,And fraud with falsehood meet.Hávamál · Hávamál proper
Henry Adams Bellows stanza 42
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Benjamin Thorpe · stanza 42
1866To his frienda man should be a friend,and gifts with gifts requite.Laughter with laughtermen should receive,but leasing with lying.Olive Bray · stanza 42
1908To his friend a man should bear him as friend,and gift for gift betow,laughter for laughter let him exchange,but leasing pay for a lie.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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