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Vinar vinr vera

Veiztu ef þú vin átt
Þanns þú vel trúir
Ok vill þú af honum gótt geta
Geði skalt við þann
Blanda ok gjöfum skipta
Fara at finna opt

Ef þú át annan
Þanns þú illa trúir
Vildu af honum þó gótt geta
Fagrt skalt við þann mæla
En flátt hyggja
Ok gjalda lausung við lygi

Þat er enn of þann
Er þú illa trúir
Ok þér er grunr at hans geði
Hlæja skaltu við þeim
Ok um hug mæla
Glík skulu gjöld gjöfum

Ungr var ek forðum
Fór ek einn saman
Þá varð ek villr vega
Auðigr þóttumk
Er ek annan fann
Maðr er manns gaman

Hávamál vers 43-47

A man must be a friend
To his friend
For himself and for the friend
But no man must
Be a friend of a friend
Of his foe

Know, if you have a friend
In whom you have faith
And you wish to get something good from him
You must share minds with him
And exchange gifts
And go often to seek him out

If you have another
Whom you mistrust
But you want to get something good from him
You must speak fair to him
And think deceitful thoughts
And give deception in return for a lie

There is more about the one
Whom you mistrust
And whose disposition you suspect:
You should laugh with him
And speak other than your thought
There should be repayment for such gifts

Long ago I was young
I travelled on my own
Then I turned astray in my paths:
I thought myself rich
When I found another
Man is man's entertainment