Before you walk through a door, look around it.
Norse (Hávamál), Hávamál 1
Before you walk through a door, look around it.
Norse (Hávamál), Hávamál 1
The source
"Before you walk through a door, look around it." This Norse (Hávamál) is recorded in Hávamál 1. Translated from the original Old Norse by Spartan Surfers.
"Gáttir allar, áðr gangi fram, um skoðask skyli"Original Old Norse, Hávamál 1. 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 "Before you walk through a door, look around it."?
- Norse (Hávamál). Source: Hávamál 1.
- What is the original Old Norse?
- Gáttir allar, áðr gangi fram, um skoðask skyli. Translated from the original Old Norse by Spartan Surfers.
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