Stanza 103

Original Old Norse:	Auden & Taylor:	Bellows:	Bray:
Heima glaðr gumi ok við gesti reifr sviðr skal um sik vera minnigr ok málugr ef hann vill margfróðr vera opt skal góðs geta fimbulfambi heitir sá er fátt kann segja þat er ósnotrs aðal	Let a man with his guests be glad and merry, Modest a man should be"; But talk well if he intends to be wise And expects praise from men: Fimbul fambi is the fool called "; Unable to open his mouth.	Though glad at home, | and merry with guests, A man shall be wary and wise; The sage and shrewd, | wide wisdom seeking, Must see that his speech be fair; A fool is he named | who nought can say, For such is the way of the witless.	101. In thy home be joyous and generous to guests discreet shalt thou be in thy bearing, mindful and talkative, wouldst thou gain wisdom, oft making me mention of good. He is "Simpleton" named who has nought to say, for such is the fashion of fools.
Chisholm:	Hollander:	Terry:	Thorpe:
Glad in his household and cheerful with guests and wise let a man be. He should be thoughtful and eloquent if he wants to be learned in lore and praised as such. The man who has little to say is deemed an idiot. That is the lot of fools.	Glad in his home, to his guest cheerful, yet shrewd should one be: wise and weighty be the word of his mouth, if wise he would be thought. A ninny is he who naught can say, for such is the way of the witless.	Be happy at home and gay with guests, but a man must have a mind. Remembering much and talking readily, he will be known as wise; a nincompoop never says anything because he's not very bright.	103. At home let a man be cheerful, and towards a guest liberal; of wise conduct he should be, of good memory and ready speech; if much knowledge he desires, he must often talk on good.
Bellows: With this stanza the subject changes abruptly, and apparently the virtues of fair speech, mentioned in the last three lines, account for the introduction, from what source cannot be known, of the story of Othin and the mead of song (stanzas 104-110).