Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 106
1923Gunnloth gave on a golden stoolA drink of the marvelous mead;A harsh reward did I let her haveFor her heroic heart,And her spirit troubled sore.Hávamál · The mead of poetry
Henry Adams Bellows stanza 106
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Benjamin Thorpe · stanza 106
1866Gunnlöd gave me,on her golden seat,a draught of the precious mead;a bad recompenseI afterwards made her,for her whole soul,her fervent love.Olive Bray · stanza 104
1908‘Twas Gunnlod who gave me on a golden thronea draught of the glorious mead,but with poor reward did I pay her backfor her true and troubled heart.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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