Hyggindi þína láttu at haldi koma
þér ok þínum vinum;
æðri sýslu máttu eigi hafa,
en kenna nýtt ok nema.
Láttu hyggindi þína koma at haldi þér ok vinum þínum; máttu eigi hafa æðri sýslu, en kenna ok nema nýtt.
Let your wisdom come to be a support for you and your friends; you cannot have a more important job than to teach and learn something useful.
[6] nýtt: so 723aˣ, 624, gott 1199ˣ
[6] nýtt ‘(something) useful’: 1199ˣ’s reading gott ‘(something) good’ does not provide alliteration, although it is closer to the Lat. text.