Firð stóð í bygð breiðri
borg Pátera sorgum,
mest áðr lýðr frá losta
lítt gættr í bý fættiz.
Páteraborg, firð sorgum, stóð í breiðri bygð, áðr lýðr, lítt gættr frá losta, fættiz mest í bý.
The city of Patara, removed from sorrows, stood in a broad settlement, until the people, not at all guarded against lust, diminished greatly in the town.
[1] bygð ‘settlement’: The fact that metrical position 4 in an odd line of Type XE4 is occupied by a trimoraic nomen is an indication of a late date of composition (C14th).