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- proper noun Alternative form of
Hávamál .
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Examples
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Note that is one of two repetitive stanzas in Havamal discussing the desirability of undying fame as preferable to life.
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O.E.D., for it might represent, the O.N. dative fleti, which must have been common in the phrase a fleti (cf. the first verse of 'Havamal').
Yorkshire Dialect Poems (1673-1915) and traditional poems Frederic William Moorman 1895
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"Havamal" I knew, but I had not heard it all before.
King Alfred's Viking A Story of the First English Fleet 1884
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Probably it was neuralgic, as it seems to have been violent pain without lasting effect. viii This was called "prime signing," and was practically the admission of the heathen as a catechumen. ix The "Havamal" was the Northern poem which practically embodied the ancient code of morals and behaviour.
King Alfred's Viking A Story of the First English Fleet 1884
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And they, the old savings, were wise as the "Havamal" itself.
King Alfred's Viking A Story of the First English Fleet 1884
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In the "Havamal" you will not find anything quite so openly wicked as that; but we must suppose that the Norsemen knew the secret, though they might not have put it into words.
Books and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn Lafcadio Hearn 1877
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The "Havamal" is full of teaching on this subject -- the necessity of silence, the danger and the folly of reckless talk.
Books and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn Lafcadio Hearn 1877
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Gracian is no more of a religious book than is the "Havamal" of the heathen North.
Books and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn Lafcadio Hearn 1877
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The "Havamal" said the same thing, -- the truly wise man can not be happy.
Books and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn Lafcadio Hearn 1877
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"Havamal" on this subject, how it condemns as a fool the man who can not answer a reproach.
Books and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn Lafcadio Hearn 1877
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