Upp at hefja sómir þér eigi vel
meiri iðn, en þú megir;
algers verks, þá er unnit er;
æ spyrr lýðr at lokum.
Sómir þér eigi vel at hefja upp meiri iðn, en þú megir; lýðr spyrr æ at lokum algers verks, þá er unnit er.
It does not befit you to start a bigger business than you can manage; people always find out about the results of a completed work when it is finished.