Blíðr þú vert en stundum bráðskapaðr,
ef geraz þarfir þess;
vel má þat verða at skipti vitr maðr geði,
þótt hann lastvarr lifi.
Vert þú blíðr en stundum bráðskapaðr, ef geraz þarfir þess; þat má vel verða, at vitr maðr skipti geði, þótt hann lifi lastvarr.
Be friendly but sometimes of hasty disposition if it becomes necessary; it can well happen, that a wise man becomes angry, although he lives virtuously.
[1]: The advice to be blíðr ‘affable’ or blíðmæltr ‘affable, bland’ is also given in Hsv 8 and 90.