Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 84
1923A man shall trust not the oath of a maid,Nor the word a woman speaks;For their hearts on a whirling wheel were fashioned,And fickle their breasts were formed.* * *Hávamál · Counsel and reflections on love
Henry Adams Bellows stanza 84
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Benjamin Thorpe · stanza 84
1866In a maiden’s wordsno one should place faith,nor in what a woman says;for on a turning wheelhave their hearts been formed,and guile in their breasts been laid;Olive Bray · stanza 83
1908The speech of a maiden should no man trustnor the words which a woman says;for their hearts were shaped on a whirling wheeland falsehood fixed in their breasts.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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