Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 142
1923Then began I to thrive, and wisdom to get,I grew and well I was;Each word led me on to another word,Each deed to another deed.Hávamál · Rúnatal
Henry Adams Bellows stanza 142
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Benjamin Thorpe · stanza 143
1866Then I began to bear fruit,and to know many things,to grow and well thrive:word by wordI sought out words,fact by factI sought out facts.Olive Bray · stanza 140
1908Old Norse
Þá namk frǽvask ok fróþr vesaok vaxa ok vel hafask:orþ mér af orþi orþs leitaþi,verk mér af verki verks.* * * * *English translation
Ere long I bare fruit, and throve full well,I grew and waxed in wisdom;word following word, I found me words,deed following deed, I wrought deeds.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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- Public domain in the United States
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