‘Hǫfugt es at heyra, þats of her gerisk;
lifa fénaðar fyrðar lífi.
Hyggja á þennan þrágjarnan heim
ok hvers konar hafna gœzku.
‘Hǫfugt es at heyra, þats gerisk of her; fyrðar lifa lífi fénaðar. Hyggja á þennan þrágjarnan heim ok hafna hvers konar gœzku.
‘It is grievous to hear what becomes of the people; men will live the life of beasts. They will think of this obdurate world and forsake goodness of every kind.
[8] hafna ‘forsake’: This verb occurs frequently in homiletic writings in the sense of Lat. contemnere ‘disregard, despise’, in relation to God or a virtuous life (ONP: hafna).