111) 'Tis time to chant on the sage's chair:

at the well of Urth

I saw but said naught, I saw and thought,

(listened to Har's lore);

Of runes I heard men speak unraveling them,

at the hall of Har

in the hall of Har

and so I heard them say:

112) Hear thou, Loddfafnir, and heed it well,

learn it, 'twill lend thee strength,

follow it, 'twill further thee:

at night rise not but to be ready for foe,

or to look for a spot to relieve thee.

113) Hear thou, Loddfafnir, and heed it well,

learn it, 'twill lend thee strength,

follow it, 'twill further thee:

in a witch's arms beware of sleeping

linking thy limbs with hers

114) She will cast her spell that thou carest not to go

to meetings where men are gathered;

unmindful of meat, and mirthless, thou goest,

and seekest they bed in sorrow.

115) Hear thou, Loddfafnir, and heed it well,

learn it, 'twill lend thee strength,

follow it, 'twill further thee:

beware lest the wedded wife of a man

thou lure to love with thee.

116) hear thou, Loddfafnir, and heed it well,

learn it, 'twill lend thee strength,

follow it, 'twill further thee:

on fell or firth if to fare thee list,

furnish thee well with food.

117) Hear thou, Loddfafnir, and heed it well,

learn it, 'twill lend thee strength,

follow it, 'twill further thee:

withhold the hardships which happen to thee

from the knowledge of knaves;

for, know thou, from knaves thou wilt never have

reward for thy good wishes.

118) A man i saw sorely bestead,

through a wicked woman's words;

her baleful tongue did work his bane,

though good and unguilty he was.

119) Hear thout, Loddfafnir, and heed it well,

learn it, 'twill lend thee strength,

follow it, 'twill further thee:

If faithful friend thou hast found for thee,

then fare thou to find him full oft;

overgrown is soon with tall grass and bush

the trail which is trod by no one.

120) hear thou, Loddfafnir, and heed it well,

learn it, 'twill lend thee strength,

follow it, 'twill further thee:

a good man seek thou to gain as thy friend,

and learn to make thyself loved.

121) Hear thou, Loddfafnir, and heed it well,

learn it, 'twill lend thee strength,

follow it, 'twill further thee:

the first be not with a friend to break

who was faithful found to thee;

for sorrow eateth the soul of him

who may not unburden his mind.

122) Hear thou, Loddfafnir, and heed it well,

learn it, 'twill lend thee strength,

follow it, 'twill further thee:

beware thou of bandying words

with an unwise oaf,

123) For from evil man not ever wilt thou

get reward for good;

a good man, though, will gain for thee

the love and liking of many.

124) Then love is mingled when a man can say

toa bosom friend what burdens him;

few things are worse than fickle mind:

no friend who but speaks thee fair.

125) Hear thou, Loddfafnir, and heed it well,

learn it, 'twill lend thee strength,

follow it, 'twill further thee:

not three words shalt with a worse man bandy;

oft the better man forbears

when the worse man wounds thee.

126) Hear thou, Loddfafnir, and heed it well,

learn it, 'twill lend thee strength,

follow it, 'twill further thee:

neither shoemaker be nor shaftmaker, either,

but it be for thyself:

let the shoe be ill shaped or the shaft not true,

and they will wish thee woe.

127) Hear thou, Loddfafnir, and heed it well,

learn it, 'twill lend thee strength,

follow it, 'twill further thee:

if wrong was done thee let thy wrong be known,

and fall on they foes straightaway.

128) hear thou, Loddfafnir, and heed it well,

learn it, 'twill lend thee strength,

follow it, 'twill further thee:

in ill deeds not ever share,

but be thou glad to do good.

129) Hear thou, Loddfafnir, and heed it well,

learn it, 'twill lend thee strength,

follow it, 'twill further thee:

look not ever up, when fighting--

for mad with fear men then oft grow--

lest that warlocks bewitch thee.

130) Hear thou, Loddfafnir, and heed it well,

learn it, 'twill lend thee strength,

follow it, 'twill further thee:

if thee list to gain a good woman's love

and all the bliss there be,

thy troth shalt pledge, and truly keep:

no one tires of the good he gets.

131) Hear thou, Loddfafnir, and heed it well,

learn it, 'twill lend thee strength,

follow it, 'twill further thee:

be wary of thee, but not wary o'ver much;

be most wary of ale and of other man's wife,

and eke, thirdly, lest thieves outwit thee.

132) Hear thou, Loddfafnir, and heed it well,

learn it, 'twill lend thee strength,

follow it, 'twill further thee:

never laugh at or mock, or make game of,

guest or wayfaring with.

133) Those who sit within hall oft hardly know

of what kin be they who come;

no man so flawless but some fault he has,

[both foul and fair are found among men,

blended within their breasts]

134) Hear thou, Loddfafnir, and heed it well,

learn it, 'twill lend thee strength,

follow it, 'twill further thee:

at hoary sage sneer thou never:

there is sense oft in old men's saws;

oft wisdom cometh out of withered bag

that hangs 'mongst the skins drying

under roof, with the rennet.

135) Hear thou, Loddfafnir, and heed it well,

learn it, 'twill lend thee strength,

follow it, 'twill further thee:

beshrew not the stranger, nor show him the door,

but rather do good to the wretched.

136) That bar must be strong which unbars the door

to each and every one:

show the beggar your back lest, bearing thee grudge,

he wish you all manner of mischief.

137) Hear thou, Loddfafnir, and heed it well,

learn it, 'twill lend thee strength,

follow it, 'twill further thee:

when ale thou drinkest invoke earth-strength;

[for earth is good 'gainst ale, 'gainst ague, fire,

'gainst straining, acorns, 'gainst witchery, steel,

'gainst house-strife, the elder, 'gainst hate, the moon,

'gainst rabies, alum,. 'gainst ill luck, runes--]

for earth absorbs thehumours all.