Ekki þeir hugðu Unnarr ok Sævaldi,
at þeim mundi heill hrapa;
nöktir þeir urðu ok næmðir hvervetna
ok runnu sem vargar til viðar.
Þeir Unnarr ok Sævaldi hugðu ekki at heill mundi hrapa þeim; þeir urðu nöktir ok næmðir hvervetna, ok runnu sem vargar til viðar.
Unnarr and Sævaldi did not think that their good fortune would tumble down; they became naked and deprived everywhere, and ran like wolves to the woods.
[5] næmðir: næmir papp15ˣ, 167b 6ˣ, 214ˣ, 1441ˣ, 10575ˣ, 2797ˣ
[5] næmðir ‘deprived’: P.p. of næma ‘to deprive’, found in 8 mss including 166bˣ, as against papp15ˣ, 738ˣ, and the majority of mss which show næmir ‘able to be caught, taken’ (LP: næmr, in the passive sense). Both senses are possible.