Upp hinn stóð; ilt hann hugði;
eigi var þarfsamliga þegit;
synð hans svall; sofanda myrði
fróðan fjölvaran.
Hinn stóð upp; hann hugði ilt; eigi var þegit þarfsamliga; synð hans svall; myrði fróðan fjölvaran sofanda.
That one [the guest] got up; he had evil in mind; it [the host’s generosity] was not received gratefully; his sin swelled up; he murdered the wise, very cautious sleeping man.
[5] sofanda: sofandi all
[5] sofanda ‘sleeping (man)’: The mss without exception infer the sleeping man to be the subject of the verb and read sofandi. All eds emend to sofanda.