Slow Havamal: 53

In the 53rd verse, a small beach receives small seas, and it’s the same with minds. While wisdom is distributed unequally among people, the average is moderately wise.

In the notes, Crawford admits that the original Norse text for this verse is very garbled. There’s almost certainly at least one copyist error, and the two halves hardly seem to align. He does his best to translate what’s there, and whether or not it has much to do with the original intention, it’s a fine English verse and I’ll treat it as appropriate to the text.( Read more... )