Menn sá ek þá marga ófegna;
þeir váru villir vega;
þat kaupir sá, er þessa heims
apaz at óheillum.
Ek sá marga ófegna menn þá; þeir váru villir vega; sá kaupir þat, er apaz at óheillum þessa heims.
I saw many unhappy men then; they had gone astray [lit. were erring with regard to ways]; he purchases that [unhappiness], who fools himself into the misfortunes of this world.
[1] sá ek: so papp15ˣ, 738ˣ, 167b 6ˣ, 214ˣ, 1441ˣ, 10575ˣ, 2797ˣ, ek sá 166bˣ
[1] sá ek þá ‘I saw then’: See Note to 61/1. Here also the reading þá has been chosen to preserve stylistic uniformity in preference to 166bˣ’s and other mss’ þar.