Heljar reip kómu harðliga
sveigð at síðum mér;
slíta ek vilda, en þau seig váru;
létt er lauss at fara.
Reip heljar kómu at síðum mér, harðliga sveigð; ek vilda slíta, en þau váru seig; létt er at fara lauss.
The ropes of Hell came around my sides, powerfully twisted; I wanted to tear them but they were tough; it is easy to move unbound.
[5] seig: sterk papp15ˣ, 738ˣ, 214ˣ, 1441ˣ, 10575ˣ, 2797ˣ
[5] seig ‘tough’: The lectio difficilior. The reading is in 166bˣ and 10 other mss to which it is closely related. Seig provides correct alliteration, unlike sterk ‘strong’, which is the majority reading.