Synðir því valda, at vér hryggvir förum
ægisheimi ór;
engi óttaz, nema ilt geri;
gótt er vammalausum vera.
Synðir valda því, at vér förum hryggvir ór ægisheimi; engi óttaz, nema ilt geri; gótt er vera vammalausum.
Sins cause this, that sorrowful we journey out of the terrible world; no-one is afraid, unless he does wrong; it is good to be without stains.
[2] hryggvir: syrgir 2797ˣ
[2] hryggvir ‘sorrowful’: 2797ˣ’s reading syrgir (?for saurgir ‘stained’) is an attempt to improve the alliteration; otherwise ll. 1 and 2 are unmetrical.