Allra ráða tel ek þat einna bezt
at göfga æztan guð;
með hreinu hjarta skaltu á hann trúa
ok elska af öllum hug.
Ek tel þat einna bezt allra ráða at göfga æztan guð; skaltu trúa á hann með hreinu hjarta ok elska af öllum hug.
I consider this the best of all advice to worship the highest God; you must believe in him with a pure heart and love him with all your mind.
[4] með hreinu hjarta: þú 624
[4] með hreinu hjarta ‘with a pure heart’: This reading, missing from 624, might have been influenced by Sól 3. Unna af öllum hug (or allz hugar) is found in eddic poetry esp. denoting the love of a woman for a man: cf. Grp 32/7-8; HHund II, 15/1-2, etc.