"If thou farest by the way whereas bide evil things, be well ware
of thyself; take not harbour near the highway, though thou be
benighted, for oft abide there ill wights for men's bewilderment.
"Let not fair women beguile thee, such as thou mayst meet at the
feast, so that the thought thereof stand thee in stead of sleep,
and a quiet mind; yea, draw them not to thee with kisses or other
sweet things of love.
"If thou hearest the fool's word of a drunken man, strive not
with him being drunk with drink and witless; many a grief, yea,
and the very death, groweth from out such things.
"Fight thy foes in the field, nor be burnt in thine house.
'Never swear thou wrongsome oath; great and grim is the reward
for the breaking of plighted troth.
"Give kind heed to dead men, -- sick-dead, Sea-dead, or ~word-
dead; deal heedfully with their dead corpses.
"Trow never in him for whom thou hast slain father, brother, or
whatso near kin, yea, though young he be; `for oft waxes wolf in
youngling'.
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