Hávamál · Hávamál proper

Henry Adams Bellows stanza 46

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Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 46

1923

So is it with him whom thou hardly wilt trust,And whose mind thou mayst not know;Laugh with him mayst thou, but speak not thy mind,Like gifts to his shalt thou give.

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Benjamin Thorpe · stanza 46

1866

But of him yet further,whom thou little trustest,and thou suspectest his affection;before him thou shouldst laugh,and contrary to thy thoughts speak:requital should the gift resemble.

Olive Bray · stanza 46

1908

Yet further of him whom thou trusted ill,and whose mind thou dost misdoubt;thou shalt laugh with him but withhold thy thought,for gift with like gift should be paid.

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.

Translator or editor: Henry Adams Bellows
Published: 1923
License: Public domain in the United States
Text source: Project Gutenberg

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