Stanza 9

Sá es s ǽ ll es sjalfr of álof ok vit meþan lifir,þvít ill ráþ hefr maþr opt þegitannars brjóstum ór.

Happy is he who hath in himselfpraise and wisdom in life;for oft doth a man ill counsel getwhen ‘tis born in another’s breast.