"byþ oferleof æghƿylcum men,
gif he mot ưƦr rihtes and gerysena on
brucan on bolde bleadum oftast."
An estate is very dear to every man,
if he can enjoy there in his house
whatever is right and proper in constant prosperity.
- Old Anglo-Saxon rune poem
HƔvamƔl, Stanza 36:
"Better a house, though a hut it be,
A man is master at home;
A pair of goats and a patched-up roof
Are better far than begging."
HƔvamƔl, Stanza 76:
"Cattle die, kindred die,
everyman is mortal:
but the good name never dies
of one who has done well.ā













