BETRE BYRDI DU BER ‘KJE I BAKKEN ENN MANNAVIT MYKJE
English translation: A better burden | may no man bear for wanderings wide than wisdom
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| 3 +1 | A better burden | may no man bear for wanderings wide than wisdom |
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| 3 | Knowledge is the lightest load to bear |
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peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1A better burden | may no man bear for wanderings wide than wisdom Explanation: It's a phrase out of the Poetic Edda/Hávamál See number 10 of the link Reference: http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Poetic_Edda/H%C3%A1vam%C3%A1l |
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Knowledge is the lightest load to bear Explanation: A close to literal translation is "no better burden for you to carry uphill than a lot of knowledge" -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 3 hrs (2013-03-11 16:14:30 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- or "lightest burden to bear" |
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