Menn sá ek þá, er margt höfðu
gefit at guðs lögum;
hreinir kyndlar váru yfir höfði þeim
brendir bjartliga.
Ek sá menn þá, er margt höfðu gefit at guðs lögum; hreinir kyndlar váru brendir bjartliga yfir höfði þeim.
I saw men then who had given much according to God’s laws; pure candles were being burned brightly over their heads.
[6] brendir: so papp15ˣ, 738ˣ, 167b 6ˣ, 214ˣ, 1441ˣ, 10575ˣ, 2797ˣ, breiddir 166bˣ
[6] brendir ‘(being) burned’: 166bˣ’s breiddir ‘spread’ is a possible if less convincing reading, but it occurs in only one other ms.