A sleeping wolf rarely gets the meat. A sleeping man rarely wins.
Norse (Hávamál), Hávamál 58
A sleeping wolf rarely gets the meat. A sleeping man rarely wins.
Norse (Hávamál), Hávamál 58
The source
"A sleeping wolf rarely gets the meat. A sleeping man rarely wins." This Norse (Hávamál) is recorded in Hávamál 58. Translated from the original Old Norse by Spartan Surfers.
"sjaldan liggjandi ulfr lær of getr né sofandi maðr sigr."Original Old Norse, Hávamál 58. Old Norse: Hávamál, normalized text (Guðni Jónsson) via heimskringla.no; meaning checked against Bellows 1923.
Who said it
Proverbs of the world (Every age). Sayings from the Latin, Greek, Norse, Japanese, Chinese and more, each traced to an old source in its own language.
Questions
- Who said "A sleeping wolf rarely gets the meat. A sleeping man rarely wins."?
- Norse (Hávamál). Source: Hávamál 58.
- What is the original Old Norse?
- sjaldan liggjandi ulfr lær of getr né sofandi maðr sigr. Translated from the original Old Norse by Spartan Surfers.
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