Lútr ek sat; lengi ek hölluðumz;
mjök var ek þá lystr at lifa;
en sá réð, sem ríkr var;
frammi eru feigs götur.
Ek sat lútr; ek hölluðumz lengi; ek var þá mjök lystr at lifa; en sá réð, sem ríkr var; götur feigs eru frammi.
I sat bowed; I was leaning over for a long time; I was then very eager to live; but he prevailed, who was powerful; the doomed man’s roads are at an end.
[6] frammi: fram 10575ˣ, 2797ˣ
[6] götur feigs eru frammi ‘the doomed man’s roads are at an end’: This may be proverbial; feigr frequently collocates with fara ‘to go’ in proverbs, see Finnur Jónsson (1913-14, 82-3) and Harris (In progress), for similar proverbs in Grettis saga.