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