Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 155
1923A ninth I know, if need there comesTo shelter my ship on the flood;The wind I calm upon the waves,And the sea I put to sleep.Hávamál · Ljóðatal
Henry Adams Bellows stanza 155
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Benjamin Thorpe · stanza 156
1866For the ninth I know,if I stand in needmy bark on the water to save,I can the windon the waves allay,and the sea lull.Olive Bray · stanza 153
1908A ninth I know: when need befalls meto save my vessel afloat,I hush the wind on the stormy wave,and soothe all the sea to rest.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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