Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 147
1923The songs I know that king’s wives know not,Nor men that are sons of men;The first is called help, and help it can bring theeIn sorrow and pain and sickness.Hávamál · Ljóðatal
Henry Adams Bellows stanza 147
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Benjamin Thorpe · stanza 148
1866Those songs I knowwhich the king’s wife knows notnor son of man.Help the first is called,for that will help theeagainst strifes and cares.Olive Bray · stanza 145
1908Those songs I know, which nor sons of mennor queen in a king’s court knows;the first is Help which will bring thee helpin all woes and in sorrow and strife.The Song of Spells.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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