Réðk til Hofs at hœfa;
hurð vas aptr, en spurðumk
— inn settak nef nenninn
niðrlútt — fyrir útan.
Orð gatk fæst af fyrðum,
(flǫgð baðk) en þau sǫgðu
— hnekkðumk heiðnir rekkar —
heilagt (við þau deila).
Réðk at hœfa til Hofs; hurð vas aptr, en spurðumk fyrir útan; nenninn settak niðrlútt nef inn. Gatk fæst orð af fyrðum, en þau sǫgðu heilagt; heiðnir rekkar hnekkðumk; baðk flǫgð deila við þau.
I resolved to aim for Hof; the door was barred, but I made enquiries from outside; resolute, I stuck my down-bent nose in. I got very little response from the people, but they said [it was] holy; the heathen men drove me off; I bade the ogresses bandy words with them.
[6] sǫgðu: so 75c, Flat, Tóm, Kˣ, þǫgðu Holm2, R686ˣ, 972ˣ(177va), J2ˣ, 75a, 73aˣ, 68, 61, Holm4, 325VII, Bb, sǫgðu corrected from ‘þǫgðu’ 325VI
[6] sǫgðu ‘said’: The reading þǫgðu ‘were silent’ of Holm2 and others was apparently inspired by Orð gatk fæst af fyrðum ‘I got very little response from the people’ in l. 5 (Jón Helgason 1968, 46).