Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 153
1923A seventh I know, if I see in flamesThe hall o’er my comrades’ heads;It burns not so wide that I will not quench it,I know that song to sing.Hávamál · Ljóðatal
Henry Adams Bellows stanza 153
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Benjamin Thorpe · stanza 154
1866For the seventh I know,if a lofty house I seeblaze o’er its inmates,so furiously it shall not burnthat I cannot save it.That song I can sing.Olive Bray · stanza 151
1908Old Norse
Þat kannk et sjaunda, ef sék hávan logasal of sessmögum:brinnrat svá breitt, at ek bjargigak;þann kannk galdr at gala.English translation
A seventh I know: if I see a hallhigh o’er the bench-mates blazing,flame it ne’er so fiercely I still can save it,—I know how to sing that song.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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