Hávamál · Loddfáfnismál

Henry Adams Bellows stanza 116

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Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 116

1923

I rede thee, Loddfafnir! and hear thou my rede,—Profit thou hast if thou hearest,Great thy gain if thou learnest:If o’er mountains or gulfs thou fain wouldst go,Look well to thy food for the way.

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Benjamin Thorpe · stanza 118

1866

I counsel thee, etc.By fell or firthif thou have to travel,provide thee well with food.

Olive Bray · stanza 115

1908

I 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:should thou long to fare over fell and firthprovide thee well with food.

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.

Translator or editor: Henry Adams Bellows
Published: 1923
License: Public domain in the United States
Text source: Project Gutenberg

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