Reiðiverk, þau er þú unnit hefr,
bæt þú eigi illu yfir;
grættan gæla skaltu með góðum hlutum;
þat kveða sálu sama.
Reiðiverk, þau er þú hefr unnit, bæt þú eigi illu yfir; skaltu gæla grættan með góðum hlutum; þat kveða sama sálu.
The angry deeds that you have committed, do not compensate for them with wickedness; you must comfort the weeping one with good things; they say that befits the soul.
[6] þat kveða sálu sama: á vinna aptr 1441ˣ; kveða: so 2797ˣ, om. 166bˣ, papp15ˣ, 214ˣ, 10575ˣ, er 738ˣ
[6] kveða ‘they [people] say’: The reading (or possibly the emendation) of 2797ˣ, adopted by 4 related later mss (1692ˣ, 2298ˣ, IBR36ˣ and 1458ˣ). It is likely that the majority of mss have omitted a verb here. This reading has been adopted by all subsequent eds.