Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 61
1923Washed and fed to the council fare,But care not too much for thy clothes;Let none be ashamed of his shoes and hose,Less still of the steed he rides,(Though poor be the horse he has.)Hávamál · Hávamál proper
Henry Adams Bellows stanza 61
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Benjamin Thorpe · stanza 61
1866Washed and refectedlet a man ride to the Thing,although his garments be not too good;of his shoes and breecheslet no one be ashamed,nor of his horse,although he have not a good one.Olive Bray · stanza 61
1908Fed and washed should one ride to courtthough in garments none too new;thou shalt not shame thee for shoes or breeks,nor yet for a sorry steed.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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