Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 65
1923. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .Oft for the words that to others one speaksHe will get but an evil gift.Hávamál · Hávamál proper
Henry Adams Bellows stanza 65
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Benjamin Thorpe · stanza 65
1866Circumspect and reservedevery man should be,and wary in trusting friends.Of the wordsthat a man says to anotherhe often pays the penalty.Olive Bray · stanza 65
1908Each man should be watchful and wary in speech,and slow to put faith in a friend.for the words which one to another speakshe may win reward of ill.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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