Stanza 118

Original Old Norse:	Auden & Taylor:	Bellows:	Bray:
Ofarla bíta ek sá einum hal orð illrar konu; fláráð tunga varð honum at fjörlagi ok þeygi um sanna sök	I saw a warrior wounded fatally By the words of an evil woman Her cunning tongue caused his death, Though what she alleged was a lie.	I saw a man | who was wounded sore By an evil woman's word; A lying tongue | his death-blow launched, And no word of truth there was.	117. Wounded to death, have I seen a man by the words of an evil woman; a lying tongue had bereft him of life, and all without reason of right.
Chisholm:	Hollander:	Terry:	Thorpe:
I saw a man sharply bitten by the ill words of a woman, Her false tongue brought his death, and her attacks were unjust.	A man i saw sorely bestead, through a wicked woman's words; her baleful tongue did work his bane, though good and unguilty he was.	I saw a man stabbed so deeply by a wicked woman's words her deceitful tongue was death to him, yet all she said was a lie.	120. I saw mortally wound a man a wicked woman’s words; a false tongue caused his death, and most unrighteously.
The Christians have a saying, “The power of life and death lays in the tongue”. I know I personally have been the victim of this on several occasions. People will believe what they want to believe, even when presented with the truth, and facts to back it up.