Lútr ek sat; lengi ek hölluðumz;
mjök var ek þá lystr at lifa;
en sá réð, sem ríkr var;
frammi eru feigs götur.
Ek sat lútr; ek hölluðumz lengi; ek var þá mjök lystr at lifa; en sá réð, sem ríkr var; götur feigs eru frammi.
I sat bowed; I was leaning over for a long time; I was then very eager to live; but he prevailed, who was powerful; the doomed man’s roads are at an end.
[5] ríkr: ríki 1441ˣ
[5] ríkr ‘powerful’: So Bugge, Fidjestøl and Njörður Njarðvík. Falk, Björn M. Ólsen, Skj B and Skald emend to ríkri ‘more powerful’, following CPB I, 204, which would be metrically correct.