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’.
[8]: Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) notes only that the l. is corrupt and does not attempt to translate it. Kock (NN §1724) emends ms. ‘sannr’ to sanns, which he construes with guðs (l. 7) (den sande och ende guden ‘the true and only God’). He further emends ms. ‘mier’ to né, and with eins né annars compares st. 2/5 (see NN §2997C), and Hávm 63/4-5: einn ... né annarr ‘one ... nor another’. Cf. too Pétr 7/22-3: Þessi en engi annarr er minn son ‘This and no other is my son’.