"margur verður af aurum api" meaning in All languages combined

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        "2": "Í Hávamálum er sagt að margur verði af aurum api. Hefur höfundurinn vitað hvað api var?",
        "3": "It is written in Hávamál that money makes monkeys out of men. Did the author actually know of monkeys?"
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