Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 157
1923An eleventh I know, if needs I must leadTo the fight my long-loved friends;I sing in the shields, and in strength they goWhole to the field of fight,Whole from the field of fight,And whole they come thence home.Hávamál · Ljóðatal
Henry Adams Bellows stanza 157
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Benjamin Thorpe · stanza 158
1866For the eleventh I know,if I have to leadmy ancient friends to battle,under their shields I sing,and with power they gosafe to the fight,safe from the fight;safe on every side they go.Olive Bray · stanza 155
1908An eleventh I know: if haply I leadmy old comrades out to war,I sing ‘neath the shields, and they fare forth mightilysafe into battle,safe out of battle,and safe return from the strife.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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