Helgir englar kómu ór himnum ofan
ok tóku sál hans til sín;
í hreinu lífi hon skal lifa
æ með almátkum guði.
Helgir englar kómu ofan ór himnum ok tóku sál hans til sín; hon skal lifa í hreinu lífi æ með almátkum guði.
Holy angels came down from the heavens above, and gathered his soul to themselves; it will live in a pure existence forever with almighty God.
[2] himnum: so papp15ˣ, 738ˣ, 167b 6ˣ, 1441ˣ, 2797ˣ, himni 166bˣ, 214ˣ, 10575ˣ
[2] ór himnum ‘from the heavens’: Occurs as sg. himni in 166bˣ, but the pl. is in papp15ˣ, 738ˣ and 42 other mss.