Stanza 148

Original Old Norse:	Auden & Taylor:	Bellows:	Bray:
Þat kann ek it þriðja ef mér verðr þörf mikil hapts við mína heiptmögu eggjar ek deyfi minna andskota bítat þeim vápn né velir	I know a third: in the thick of battle, If my need be great enough, It will blunt the edges of enemy swords, Their weapons will make no wounds.	149. A third I know, | if great is my need Of fetters to hold my foe; Blunt do I make | mine enemy's blade, Nor bites his sword or staff.	147. A third I know: if sore need should come of a spell to stay my foes; when I sing that song, which shall blunt their swords, nor their weapons nor staves can wound.
Chisholm:	Hollander:	Terry:	Thorpe:
I know a third for the event that I should be in dire need of fettering a foe. I can dull the blades of my attackers so that they can strike by neither weapon or wile.	That third I know, if my need be great to fetter a foeman fell: I can dull the swords of deadly foes, that nor wiles nor weapons avail.	I know a third if I should need to fetter any foe; it blunts the edge of my enemy's sword, neither wiles nor weapons work.	150. For the third I know, if I have great need to restrain my foes, the weapons’ edge I deaden: of my adversaries nor arms nor wiles harm aught.
How many have chosen this particular thought, in all the wars of all of history? “My cause is just, I will SURELY win!” Unfortunately, this is not always the case.