Nú skalk flotnum, þats forðum vas,
— hlýði fróðir mér fyrðar — segja,
at buðlungr sat Bretlandi at;
hét vellskati Vortígernus.
Hlýði mér fróðir fyrðar; nú skalk segja flotnum, þats vas forðum, at buðlungr sat at Bretlandi; vellskati hét Vortígernus.
Listen to me, wise men; now I shall tell men what once was, that a king resided in Britain; the generous man was called Vortigern.