Draumum sínum skulu eigi dróttir trúa;
tæla þeir ýta opt;
sofanda manni þykkir þat, er sjálfr, þegar at vakir,
æskir sér eða óaz.
Dróttir skulu eigi trúa draumum sínum; þeir tæla ýta opt; þat, er sjálfr æskir sér eða óaz, þegar at vakir, þykkir manni sofanda.
Men should not believe their dreams; they often deceive people; what he wishes for himself or fears when awake, appears to a man when asleep.
[1] Draumum: óvinum 624
[1] draumum ‘dreams’: 624 and the copy of it in AM 148 8°ˣ (fol. 73r, l. 18) have óvinum ‘enemies’, although Skj A reads ‘Dvmum’. The reading in 624 might have been influenced by Sól 19.