Wealth dies. Kin die. You die too. A good name never dies.
Norse (Hávamál), Hávamál 76
Wealth dies. Kin die. You die too. A good name never dies.
Norse (Hávamál), Hávamál 76
The source
"Wealth dies. Kin die. You die too. A good name never dies." This Norse (Hávamál) is recorded in Hávamál 76. Translated from the original Old Norse by Spartan Surfers.
"Deyr fé, deyja frændr, deyr sjalfr it sama, en orðstírr deyr aldregi, hveim er sér góðan getr."Original Old Norse, Hávamál 76. 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 "Wealth dies. Kin die. You die too. A good name never dies."?
- Norse (Hávamál). Source: Hávamál 76.
- What is the original Old Norse?
- Deyr fé, deyja frændr, deyr sjalfr it sama, en orðstírr deyr aldregi, hveim er sér góðan getr. Translated from the original Old Norse by Spartan Surfers.
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