Sá * baztr frá mey mæztri
mildingr beraz vildi
heiða tjalds ok holdi
hjálmprýddan sik skrýddi;
en nauð á sik síðan
sjálfráði tók dáða
víst fyr vára löstu
vísi sjálfr með píslum.
Sá * baztr mildingr heiða tjalds vildi beraz frá mæztri mey ok skrýddi sik hjálmprýddan holdi; en síðan tók vísi sjálfr, sjálfráði dáða, nauð á sik með píslum, víst fyr vára löstu.
The best prince of heaths’ tent [SKY/HEAVEN > = God] willed to be born from a most precious maiden and clothed himself, helmet-adorned, with flesh; and later the prince himself, independently with regard to his deeds, took distress upon himself with torments, certainly for our errors.
[5] sik síðan: ‘si[...]’ B, ‘ṣịḳ s[...]’ 399a‑bˣ
[5] sik síðan ‘himself ... later’: Restoration based upon 399a-bˣ (including conjecture ‘síðan?’ in Jón Sigurðsson’s note), supported in part by the needs of alliteration and skothending; a trace of possible <k> followed by descender of possible <s> remain. A six-syllable l. requires that the final word be disyllabic, but the lacuna has space for only three letters, with possible abbreviation (‘-an’, ‘-ar’).