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Svá er friðr kvenna,
þeira er flátt hyggja,
sem aki jó óbryddum
á ísi hálum,
teitum, tvévetrum,
ok sé tamr illa,
eða íbyr óðum
beiti stjórnlausu,
eða skyli haltr henda
hrein íþáfjalli.   (eddic or germanic)

(
Such is the love of women, of those with false minds;
it’s like driving a horse without spiked shoes over slippery ice,
a frisky two-year-old, badly broken in,
or like steering, in a stiff wind, a rudderless boat
or trying to catch when you’re lame a reindeer on a thawing hillside.)

editions: Skj Not in Skj;

sources

GKS 2365 4° (R)

5v, 4 - 5v, 7

(Edda)