Svaraði Símón dýrum
sólranns kóngi þannveg
einarðar- fystr -orði
— orð það er þarfligast vorðið —
‘Þú ert Kristr inn kæsti
kunnr af hjálpar brunni
lifandi sonr guðs sendur
sannr og eins nie annars’.
Fystr svaraði Símón dýrum kóngi sólranns einarðarorði þannveg — það orð er vorðið þarfligast — : ‘Þú ert inn kæsti Kristr, kunnr af brunni hjálpar, sendur sannr sonr lifandi og eins guðs nie annars’.
Simon first answered the precious king of the sun-hall [SKY/HEAVEN > = God (= Christ)] with a statement of sincerity thus — that remark has become most salutary — : ‘You are the most beloved Christ, known for the spring of salvation, sent [as] the true son of the living and one God and of no other’.
[6]: With kunnr af (with dat. object) cf. perhaps the use of kunnr with dat. in the sense ‘renowned for (something)’; e.g. Anon Mgr 1/3 kunnr mildi ‘renowned for mercy’. With brunnr hjálpar ‘the spring of salvation’, cf. fons salutis ‘fount of salvation’; Fritzner: hjalparæðr; Schottmann 1973, 59; Note to st. 40/6 brunnr lífs ‘the well of life’.