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.
[2] Páteraborg ‘the city of Patara’: Situated in Lycia, in the south-western part of the Mediterreanean coast of Turkey. It was the birthplace of S. Nicholas, possibly born c. 300 AD. He later became bishop of the neighbouring city of Myra. Patara was a major trading port in antiquity and the early Christian period.