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Hovamol

 Great thy gain if thou learnest:In evil never  joy shalt thou know, But glad the good shall make thee.
129.[1] I rede thee, Loddfafnir!  and hear thou my rede,— Profit thou hast if thou hearest, Great thy gain if thou learnest:Look not up  when the battle is on,—(Like madmen the sons  of men become,—) Lest men bewitch thy wits.
130. I rede thee, Loddfafnir!  and hear thou my rede,— Profit thou hast if thou hearest, Great thy gain if thou learnest:If thou fain wouldst win  a woman's love, And gladness get from her,Fair be thy promise  and well fulfilled; None loathes what good he gets.
131.[2] I rede thee, Loddfafnir!  and hear thou my rede,— Profit thou hast if thou hearest, Great thy gain if thou learnest:I bid thee be wary,  but be not fearful;(Beware most with ale  or another's wife,And third beware  lest a thief outwit thee.)
  1. ↑ Line 5 is apparently interpolated.
  2. ↑ Lines 5-6 probably were inserted from a different poem.

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