Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 149
1923A third I know, if great is my needOf fetters to hold my foe;Blunt do I make mine enemy’s blade,Nor bites his sword or staff.Hávamál · Ljóðatal
Henry Adams Bellows stanza 149
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Benjamin Thorpe · stanza 150
1866For the third I know,if I have great needto restrain my foes,the weapons’ edge I deaden:of my adversariesnor arms nor wiles harm aught.Olive Bray · stanza 147
1908A third I know: if sore need should comeof a spell to stay my foes;when I sing that song, which shall blunt their swords,nor their weapons nor staves can wound.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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