Vinsamlig ráð ok viti bundin
kenni ek þér sjau saman;
görla þau mun ok glata aldri;
öll eru þau nýt at nema.
Ek kenni þér sjau ráð saman, vinsamlig ok bundin viti; mun þau görla ok glata aldri; þau eru öll nýt at nema.
I teach you seven counsels in all, friendly and bound with wit; remember them fully and never forget them; they are all useful to learn.
[6] öll eru þau nýt at nema ‘they are all useful to learn’: Cf. Hávm sts 112-37: nióta mundo, ef þú nemr ‘they will be useful if you learn them’; Hávm 162/8 nýt, ef þú nemr ‘useful if you learn’; Hsv 86/3 nýtt at nema ‘useful to learn’. Cf. also Gróg 16; Hsv 2, 148; Prov. VII.1-2 for the adjuration to memorise imparted wisdom.