Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 44
1923If a friend thou hast whom thou fully wilt trust,And good from him wouldst get,Thy thoughts with his mingle, and gifts shalt thou make,And fare to find him oft.Hávamál · Hávamál proper
Henry Adams Bellows stanza 44
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Benjamin Thorpe · stanza 44
1866Know, if thou has a friendwhom thou fully trustest,and from whom thou woulds’t good derive,thou shouldst blend thy mind with his,and gifts exchange,and often go to see him.Olive Bray · stanza 44
1908Hast thou got a friend whom thou trustest well,from whom thou cravest good?Share thy mind with him, gifts exchange with him,fare to find him oft.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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