Munaðar ríki hefr margan tregat;
opt verðr kvalræði af konum;
meingar þær urðu, þótt inn mátki guð
skapaði skírliga.
Ríki munaðar hefr margan tregat; kvalræði verðr opt af konum; þær urðu meingar, þótt inn mátki guð skapaði skírliga.
The power of desire has brought many a man to grief; torment often stems from women; they become harmful, though the mighty God created them purely.
[2] tregat: tregat corrected from ‘svikit’ 1441ˣ
[2] tregat ‘brought to grief’: This is the reading of 60 mss. 166bˣ reads ‘togd’ here; probably superscript <r> has been accidentally omitted.