Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 107
1923The well-earned beauty well I enjoyed,Little the wise man lacks;So Othrörir now has up been broughtTo the midst of the men of earth.Hávamál · The mead of poetry
Henry Adams Bellows stanza 107
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Benjamin Thorpe · stanza 108
1866Of a well-assumed formI made good use:few things fail the wise;for Odhræriris now come upto men’s earthly dwellings.Olive Bray · stanza 105
1908Old Norse
Vel keypts litar hefk vel notit,fás es fróþum vant;þvít Óþrörir es nú upp kominná alda vés jaþar.English translation
In a wily disguise I worked my will;little is lacking to the wise,for the Soul-stirrer now, sweet Mead of Song,is brought to men’s earthly abode.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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