Tuesday, July 17, 2018

Stanza 127



Original Old Norse: Auden & Taylor: Bellows: Bray:
Ráðumk þér Loddfáfnir
en þú ráð nemir
njóta mundu ef þú nemr
þér munu góð ef þú getr
hvars þú böl kannt
kveðu þat bölvi at
ok gefat þínum fjándum frið
If aware that another is wicked, say so:
Make no truce or treaty with foes.
I rede thee, Loddfafnir! | and hear thou my rede,--
Profit thou hast if thou hearest,
Great thy gain if thou learnest:
If evil thou knowest, | as evil proclaim it,
And make no friendship with foes.
126.
I counsel thee, Stray-Singer, accept my counsels,
they will be thy boon if thou obey'st them,
they will work thy weal if thou win'st them:
when in peril thou seest thee, confess thee in peril,
nor ever give peace to thy foes.
Chisholm: Hollander: Terry: Thorpe:
I give you rede Loddfafnir, heed it well!
You will use it, if you learn it,
it will get you good if you understand it.
If you know that someone is evil, say so.
Never give friendship to your enemies.
Hear thou, Loddfafnir, and heed it well,
learn it, 'twill lend thee strength,
follow it, 'twill further thee:
if wrong was done thee let thy wrong be known,
and fall on they foes straightaway.
Heed my words, Loddfafnir, listen to my counsel;
you'll be better off if you believe me,
follow my advice, and you'll fare well:
when evil strikes you, don't keep silent
or let your foes find peace.
129. I counsel thee, etc.
Wherever of injury thou knowest,
regard that injury as thy own;
and give to thy foes no peace.




Online has made this much easier today than it was in the age of our ancestors. A company do ya wrong? Leave them a bad review. Warn others of shoddy workmanship. Someone do ya wrong, personally? Blast them on facebook and twitter. Your woman cheat on you? Blast her on social media. Your man hit you? Blast him on social media. You wife steal half the food off your plate after she claimed to be full and didn't want you to grab her any more food? Well, deal with it, because that's part of being married.

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