‘Hef eg íhentað mier hákallslykkjur
og höggið mier hvinna snepla.
Eiga mier allir, ef eg einskis dyl,
ýtar oftliga ilt að launa.
‘Eg hef íhentað mier hákallslykkjur og höggið mier snepla hvinna. Allir ýtar eiga að launa mier ilt oftliga, ef eg dyl einskis.
‘I’ve fetched myself shark-loops and cut myself thieves’ snippets. All people often have bad deeds to repay me, if I deny nothing.
[1] Hef eg (‘Hefi eg’): so Rask87ˣ, Hefi 603
[1] hef eg ‘I’ve’: Lit. ‘have I’. So Rask87ˣ (‘Hefi eg’). Ms. 603 has hefi. The normalisation is in keeping with the 603 readings of sts 30/1, 31/1 and 32/1 (see also Note to st. 20/1).