Hann léz seggjum segja kunna,
hvar til hodda var hægt at ráða.
Hann bað oss ganga götu lengra,
ef vér fé vildim fleira eiga.
Hann léz kunna segja seggjum, hvar var hægt at ráða til hodda. Hann bað oss ganga lengra götu, ef vér vildim eiga fleira fé.
He said he was able to tell the men where it was easy to acquire treasures. He advised us to travel by a longer way if we wanted to have more wealth.
[7] vildim eiga fleira fé ‘wanted to have more wealth’: As it stands this line is unmetrical, with alliteration in final position. It has been emended with changed word order to create a metrical line (Type C), and with the 1st pers. pl. pret. subj. vildim in an ef-clause instead of the pret. indic. vildum.