Deyr fé,
Deyja frændur,
deyr sjálfr it sama;
ek veit einn
at aldri deyr:
dómr um dauðan hvern.
~ Hávamál, º77
Cattle die,
kinsmen die,
the self must also die;
I know one thing
which never dies:
the reputation of each dead man.
~ The High One's Saying, º77