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[1] opt ‘often’: As it stands in B, l. 1 lacks a second alliterating syllable. Konráð Gíslason (and Eiríkur Jónsson 1875-89, II, 31-4) suggested emending to víst ‘certainly’, and this has been adopted by Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) and Kock (Skald).