[All]: Lines 1-2 are constant, but ll. 3-8 vary considerably in the mss. The text above follows 343a (and 340ˣ), except that they both have the reading ‘drasinn’ rather than dæsinn in l. 7; in the other mss ll. 3-4 are absent, and the remaining two lines read: hirði (or heyrði) ek um eigi | hvat er flögð (or tröll) mæla; | nauðir mik hvöttu; | nauðsyn er at bjarga ‘I don’t care about (or did not hear) whatever ogresses (or trolls) say; necessities incited me, there is need of help’ (cf. Ket 20/3-4 below). Ms. 471 presents the stanza in nearly the same form as 343a and 340ˣ, but the second long-line reads: um farir várar, | hvat er flögð mæla ‘about our journeys, whatever ogresses say’. Both Edd. Min. and Skald prefer 471’s text here, while Skj B collapses 343a’s ll. 3-4 into one line, of flestar allar farar ‘regarding most all [my] journeys’.