Engi þarf at hræðask hót;
heldr kømr opt við sáran fót;
hlutgjarn ferr með annars sǫk.
Nøkkvi ríkstr er heima hverr;
†ta† ek umb at síðr;
orðin fara, þegar munninn líðr.
Engi þarf at hræðask hót; heldr opt kømr við sáran fót; hlutgjarn ferr með sǫk annars. Nøkkvi ríkstr er hverr heima; ... †ta† ek umb at síðr; orðin fara, þegar munninn líðr.
No one needs to fear threats; rather often does something touch a sore foot; … a busybody conducts another’s suit. At home each man is something of a king; … I … about [it] the less; words travel as soon as they leave the mouth.
[5] er heima hverr: ‘[...]’ R, ‘[...] heima hv[...]’ RSkj, ‘heima h[...]’ RFJ, er heima hverr RJS
[5] er hverr heima ‘at home each man is’: Lit. ‘is each at home’. No letters are now visible, but some were apparently legible to Finnur Jónsson and even more to Jón. Cf. Hávm 36/3, 37/3 (NK 22): halr er heima hverr ‘everyone’s someone at home’.