Bellows numbers this stanza 77 and notes that the manuscript order is 77, 78, 76, 80, 79, 81. Under the standard Neckel/Kuhn numbering the same stanza is Havamal 76. The RefDisplay names the numbering on purpose: an unattributed stanza number here is a citation a specialist can overturn immediately. Bellows sets the half-lines with wide internal spacing, which is normalised to single spaces above.
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Passage
TextCattle die, and kinsmen die, And so one dies one's self; But a noble name will never die, If good renown one gets. 1 ReferenceHavamal 77 (Bellows numbering) 1 Reference SchemeCollection, Book, Section 1 Connections
Concerns
The best known statement of the Norse view of reputation after death.
Odin, Deities The Havamal is spoken in Odin's voice.
Passage Of
Source The Poetic EddaAnonymous (Codex Regius)
Sources
1. The Poetic Edda
Anonymous (Codex Regius), The American-Scandinavian Foundation, 1923Havamal 77 (Bellows numbering)View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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