Odin (from Hávamál)

Odin (Norse god featured in the poem, Hávamál)

“He should get up early, the man who has few workers,
and set about his work with thought;
much gets held up for the man sleeping in the morning;
wealth is half-won by activity.”

• This quote comes from stanza 59 of Hávamál (Sayings of the High One), an old poem which was preserved in the 13th-century Poetic Edda which was produced anonymously in Iceland. The translation is by Carolyne Larrington (Oxford University Press, 2014).

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Odin (from Hávamál)

Odin (Norse god featured in the poem, Hávamál)

"Quite enough baseless blather comes
from the man never silent;
a quick tongue, unless it's held in check,
often talks itself into trouble."

• This quote comes from stanza 29 of Hávamál (Sayings of the High One), an old poem which was preserved in the 13th-century Poetic Edda which was produced anonymously in Iceland. The translation is by Carolyne Larrington (Oxford University Press, 2014).

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Odin (from Hávamál)

Odin (Norse god featured in the poem, Hávamál)

"Wits are needful for someone who wanders widely,
anything will pass at home;
he becomes a laughing-stock, the man who knows nothing
and sits among the wise."

• This quote comes from stanza 5 of Hávamál (Sayings of the High One), an old poem which was preserved in the 13th-century Poetic Edda which was produced anonymously in Iceland. The translation is by Carolyne Larrington (Oxford University Press, 2014).

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Odin (from Hávamál)

Odin (Norse god)

"Never let a wicked man know
of any misfortune you suffer;
for from a wicked man you will never get
a good thought in return."

• This quote comes from stanza 117 of Hávamál (Sayings of the High One), an old poem which was preserved in the 13th-century Poetic Edda which was produced anonymously in Iceland. The translation is by Carolyne Larrington (Oxford University Press, 2014).

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Odin (from Hávamál)

Odin (Norse god)

"Never be made glad by wickedness
but please yourself with good things."

• This quote comes from stanza 128 of Hávamál (Sayings of the High One), an old poem which was preserved in the 13th-century Poetic Edda which was produced anonymously in Iceland. The translation is by Carolyne Larrington (Oxford University Press, 2014).

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Odin (from Hávamál)

Odin (Norse god)

"No man is so good that he has no blemish,
nor so bad that he is good for nothing."

• This quote comes from stanza 133 of Hávamál (Sayings of the High One), an old poem which was preserved in the 13th-century Poetic Edda which was produced anonymously in Iceland. The translation is by Carolyne Larrington (Oxford University Press, 2014).

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Odin (from Hávamál)

Odin (Norse god)

"Seldom does the loafing wolf snatch the ham,
nor a sleeping man victory."

• This quote comes from stanza 58 of Hávamál (Sayings of the High One), an old poem which was preserved in the 13th-century Poetic Edda which was produced anonymously in Iceland. The translation is by Carolyne Larrington (Oxford University Press, 2014).

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Odin (from Hávamál)

Odin (Norse god)

"The stupid man stays awake all night
and worries about everything;
he's tired out when the morning comes
and all's just as bad as it was."

• This quote comes from stanza 23 of Hávamál (Sayings of the High One), an old poem which was preserved in the 13th-century Poetic Edda which was produced anonymously in Iceland. The translation is by Carolyne Larrington (Oxford University Press, 2014).

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Odin (from Hávamál)

Odin (from Hávamál)

"The cowardly man thinks he'll live for ever,
if he keeps away from fighting;
but old age won't grant him a truce
even if spears spare him."

• This quote comes from stanza 16 of Hávamál (Sayings of the High One), an old poem which was preserved in the 13th-century Poetic Edda which was produced anonymously in Iceland. The translation is by Carolyne Larrington (Oxford University Press, 2014).

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Odin (from Hávamál)

Odin (Norse god)

"Where you recognize evil, call it evil,
and give no truce to your enemies."

• This quote comes from stanza 127 of Hávamál (Sayings of the High One), an old poem which was preserved in the 13th-century Poetic Edda which was produced anonymously in Iceland. The translation is by Carolyne Larrington (Oxford University Press, 2014).

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Odin (from Hávamál)

Odin (from Hávamal)

"The mind alone knows what lies near the heart,
he is alone with his spirit;
no sickness is worse for the sensible man
than to find no contentment in anything."

• This quote comes from stanza 95 of Hávamál (Sayings of the High One), an old poem which was preserved in the 13th-century Poetic Edda produced anonymously in Iceland. The translation is by Carolyne Larrington (Oxford University Press, 2014).

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Odin From Hávamál and Snorri Sturluson

Odin from The Sayings of the High One (Hávamâl) and Snorri Sturluson (1179-1241 CE)

"All doorways
before entering
gave into caefully;
one never knows
where on the benches
enemies are sitting."

• Hávamál in The Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson, translated by Jesse Byock (Penguin Classics, 2005).

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Snorri Sturluson

Snorri Sturluson ( Icelandic Chief, 1179-1241 CE)

"Then Third said, 'Odin is the highest and oldest of the gods. He rules in all matters, and, although the other gods are powerful, all serve him as children do their father.'"

• From The Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson, translated by Jesse Byock (Penguin Classics, 2005).

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Odin (from The Prose Edda)

Odin

"Haven't you heard that the gods built a bridge from the earth to the sky and it is called Bifrost? You will have seen it, and possibly you call it the rainbow."

• From The Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson (1179-1241 CE), translated by Jesse L. Byock (Penguin Classics edition).

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Odin

Odin (Norse God)

"A man mustn't
walk without weapons
even an inch from home,
because he never knows when,
as he pursues his path,
he'll suddenly need a spear."

• From the Sayings of the High One (Hávamál) translated by David A. H. Evans.

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Odin

Odin (from Havamal)

"Cut wood in a wind,

row boats in a breeze,

save sex for the darkness,

the eyes of day are everywhere;

sail a ship for its swiftness,

use a shield for shelter,

use a sword for severing

and a cutie for kissing." 

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Odin (from Hamaval)

 

"Cattle die,

kin die

self dies too;

a good name,

if you get one, 

goes on forever" 

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