The Hávamál Norse Mythology Book – Verse 134

 

Scorn not ever | the gray-haired singer,

Oft do the old speak good;

(Oft from shrivelled skin | come skillful counsels,

Though it hang with the hides,

And flap with the pelts,

And is blown with the bellies.)

-Hávamál v134, Bellows translation

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