Stanza 74

Original Old Norse:	Auden & Taylor:	Bellows:	Bray:
Nótt verðr feginn sá er nesti trúir skammar ro skips rár hverf er haustgríma fjölð um viðrir á fimm dögum en meira á mánuði	He welcomes the night who has enough provisions Short are the sails of a ship, Dangerous the dark in autumn, The wind may veer within five days, And many times in a month.	He welcomes the night | whose fare is enough, (Short are the yards of a ship,) Uneasy are autumn nights; Full oft does the weather | change in a week, And more in a month's time. 73-74. These seven lines are obviously a jumble. The two lines of stanza 73 not only appear out of place, but the verse form is unlike that of the surrounding stanzas. In 74, the second line is clearly interpolated, and line I has little enough connection with lines 3, 4 and 5. It looks as though some compiler (or copyist) had inserted here various odds and ends for which he could find no better place.	He that learns nought will never know how one is the fool of another, for if one be rich another is poor and for that should bear no blame.
Chisholm:	Hollander:	Terry:	Thorpe:
Night is joyful if provisions are adequate. The cabins of ships are cramped. Fall nights pass and weather changes many times in five days, even more in a month.	Of the night is fain whose knapsack is full; close are ship's quarters. Fickle are the nights in fall; There's both fair and foul in five days' time--still more so within a month	Night is friendly if you have enough food. A ship has small cabins. Don't trust the autumn night. The weather seldom stays five days the same, but it changes more in a month.	At night is joyful he who is sure of travelling enjoyment. (A ship’s yards are short.) Variable is an autumn night. Many are the weather’s changes in five days, but more in a month.
This stanza expands on yesterdays some. Make sure you have adequate accommodations. Last year I took the family camping, and it poured rain the whole time. We ended up driving around the countryside, seeing the sites, just to stay dry! Cold cereal for breakfast, and McDonalds for lunch!