Virði þat ok viti inn virki guð,
sá er skóp hauðr ok himin,
hversu munaðarlausir margir fara,
þótt við skylda skili.
Inn virki guð, sá er skóp hauðr ok himin, virði þat ok viti: hversu margir fara munaðarlausir, þótt við skylda skili.
May the precious God, who created earth and heaven, value and know that, how many journey loveless, though they part from their kin.
[5] margir fara: Skj B and Skald add of, enclitic particle, to give margir of fara in order to regularise the metre. The meaning is unchanged.