Sól ek sá sjaldan hryggvari;
mjök var ek þá ór heimi hallr;
tunga mín var til trés metin
ok kólnat at fyrir utan.
Ek sá sól, sjaldan hryggvari; ek var þá mjök hallr ór heimi; tunga mín var metin til trés ok kólnat at fyrir utan.
I saw the sun, [I was] seldom more grief-stricken; I was then forcefully tilting out of this world; my tongue was as if turned to wood and it was chilled on the outside.
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[4-5] tunga mín var metin til trés ‘my tongue was as if turned to wood’: Metin from meta ‘to estimate, value, assess as, regard, perceive as’.