Original Old Norse: | Auden & Taylor: | Bellows: | Bray: |
Brestanda boga brennanda loga gínanda úlfi galandi kráku rýtanda svíni rótlausum viði vaxanda vági vellanda katli |
A snapping bow, a burning flame, A grinning wolf, a grunting boar, A raucous crow, a rootless tree, A breaking wave, a boiling kettle, |
In a breaking bow | or a burning flame, A ravening wolf | or a croaking raven, In a grunting boar, | a tree with roots broken, In billowy seas | or a bubbling kettle, |
flying arrows, or falling billow, ice of a nighttime, coiling adder, woman's bed-talk, or broken blade, play of bears or a prince's child, |
Chisholm: | Hollander: | Terry: | Thorpe: |
A brittle bow, a burning fire, a grinning wolf, a singing crow, a grunting boar, a rootless tree, a swelling wave, a boiling kettle, |
A brittle bow, a burning fire, a gaping wolf, a grunting sow, a croaking crow, a kettle boiling, a rising sea, a rootless tree |
A creaking bow, a burning flame, a yawning wolf, a crow crying, squealing swine, a rootless tree, billows rising, a kettle boiling, |
in a creaking bow, a burning flame, a yawning wolf, a chattering crow, a grunting swine, a rootless tree, a waxing wave, a boiling kettle, |
Bellow's Note: 85. Stanzas 85-88 and go are in Fornyrthislag, and clearly come from a different source from the rest of the Havamal. | |||
Stanzas 85-88 are a pretty comprehensive list of things not to be trusted in life. All are things that may harm you. |
Saturday, May 12, 2018
Stanza 85
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