Menn sá ek þá, er mjök höfðu
hungri farit hörund;
englar guðs lutu öllum þeim;
þat er it æzta unað.
Ek sá menn þá, er mjök höfðu farit hörund hungri; englar guðs lutu þeim öllum; þat er it æzta unað.
I saw men then who had greatly afflicted their flesh with hunger; God’s angels bowed to them all; that is the highest delight.
[3] hungri: so 2797ˣ, hungr í 166bˣ, papp15ˣ, 738ˣ, 167b 6ˣ, 214ˣ, 1441ˣ, 10575ˣ
[3] hungri ‘with hunger’: This is the reading of about half the mss, while the others share the reading of 166bˣ, probably originating in a mistake in word division.