Norse Proverbs

Norse Proverbs echo Viking seafaring, sagas, and the þing’s law-bound honor. They prize courage, thrift, and plain speech, warning that fate favors the prepared.

In sweet converse call the righteous to thy side, learn a healing song while thou livest. (Norse Proverb)
In thy home be joyous and generous to guests discreet shalt thou be in thy bearing. View proverb
Norse Proverb
It is the still and silent sea that drowns a man. View proverb
Norse Proverb
It's best to search while the trail is new. View proverb
Norse Proverb
Less good than they say for the sons of men is the drinking oft of ale: for the more they drink, the less can they think and keep a watch o'er their wits. View proverb
Norse Proverb
Let none put faith in the first sown fruit. View proverb
Norse Proverb
Let the wary stranger who seeks refreshment keep silent with sharpened hearing. View proverb
Norse Proverb
Many a sweet maid when one knows her mind is fickle found towards men. View proverb
Norse Proverb
Much pressed is he who fain on the hearth would seek for warmth and weal. View proverb
Norse Proverb
Never in speech with a foolish knave shouldst thou waste a single word. View proverb
Norse Proverb
No friend is he who but flatters. (Norse Proverb)
Of runes they spoke, and the reading of runes was little withheld from their lips. View proverb
Norse Proverb
One who sees his friends roasted on a spit tells all he knows. View proverb
Norse Proverb
Put to the sword those that disagree. View proverb
Norse Proverb
Rejoice not ever at tidings of ill, but glad let thy soul be in good. View proverb
Norse Proverb
Rise never at nighttime, except thou art spying. View proverb
Norse Proverb
With his ears let him listen, and look with his eyes; thus each wise man spies out the way. View proverb
Norse Proverb
Wounded to death by the words of an evil woman. View proverb
Norse Proverb
You don't have to put out the fire when all is ash. View proverb
Norse Proverb
A cleaved head no longer plots. View proverb
Norse Proverb
A club drenched in blood easily finds its mark. (Norse Proverb)
A head stuck on a pike no longer conspires. View proverb
Norse Proverb
A lying tongue had bereft him of life, and all without reason of right. View proverb
Norse Proverb
A man who has his feet hacked off cannot scurry far. View proverb
Norse Proverb
A righteous man by praise will render thee firm in favor and love. View proverb
Norse Proverb