Hávamál
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thumb|"The Stranger at the Door" (1908) by W. G. Collingwood '''''' ("Words of Hávi [the High One]" in Old Norse) is presented as a single poem in the Codex Regius, a collection of Old Norse poems from the Viking age. A scholarly estimate of 's age dates the poem to between 900 and 1000 A.D. The poem, itself a combination of numerous shorter poems, is largely gnomic, presenting advice for living, proper conduct and wisdom. It is considered an important source of Old Norse philosophy.
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Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- Name
- Textual history
- Structure
- Contents
- {{lang|non|Gestaþáttr}}
- On women
- {{lang|non|Loddfáfnismál}}
- ''Rúnatal''
- {{lang|non|Ljóðatal}}
- Influence
- Editions and translations
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
thumb|"The Stranger at the Door" (1908) by W. G. Collingwood '''''' ("Words of Hávi [the High One]" in Old Norse) is presented as a single poem in the Codex Regius, a collection of Old Norse poems from the Viking age. A scholarly estimate of 's age dates the poem to between 900 and 1000 A.D. The poem, itself a combination of numerous shorter poems, is largely gnomic, presenting advice for living, proper conduct and wisdom. It is considered an important source of Old Norse philosophy.
The verses are attributed to Odin; the implicit attribution to Odin facilitated the accretion of various mythological material also dealing with the same deity.
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