Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 113
1923I rede thee, Loddfafnir! and hear thou my rede,—Profit thou hast if thou hearest,Great thy gain if thou learnest:Beware of sleep on a witch’s bosom,Nor let her limbs ensnare thee.Hávamál · Loddfáfnismál
Henry Adams Bellows stanza 113
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Benjamin Thorpe · stanza 115
1866I counsel thee, Loddfafnir,to take advice,thou wilt profit if thou takest it.In an enchantress’s embracethou mayest not sleep,so that in her arms she clasp thee.Olive Bray · stanza 112
1908I counsel thee, Stray-Singer, accept my counsels,they will be thy boon if thou obey’st them,they will work thy weal if thou win’st them:thou shalt never sleep in the arms of a sorceress,lest she should lock thy limbs;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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