[Ads-l] Quote Origin: Go often to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke up the unused path

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Amy helpfully pointed out that the text published by the Viking
Society for Northern Research is in Old Icelandic and not Icelandic.
The QI article has been updated.
Garson

On Fri, Jul 18, 2025 at 3:22 AM ADSGarson O'Toole
<adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Great! Thanks, Jeff Prucher and Amy West.
> I have added an 1828 citation for the translation by W. Taylor to the article.
>
> Also, Amy sent me a message off-list with helpful information. I have
> added a scan of the original Icelandic text of strophe number 119.
>
> Changes should be visible within 24 hours. Old versions of webpages
> from the QI website are shown because of caching. I try to flush the
> cache, but it does not always work properly.
>
> [Begin acknowledgement excerpt]
> Also, thanks to Jeff Prucher who noted that there exist several early
> translations of the Poetic Edda into English. Prucher found the 1828
> citation containing a translation of the Hávamál. Many thanks to Amy
> West who provided additional information and pointed to the Icelandic
> text.
> [End acknowledgement excerpt]
>
> Garson

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