| Original Old Norse: | Auden & Taylor: | Bellows: | Bray: |
| Meyjar orðum skyli manngi trúa né því er kveðr kona því at á hverfanda hvéli váru þeim hjörtu sköpuð brigð í brjóst um lagit |
No man should trust a maiden's words, Nor what a woman speaks: Spun on a wheel were women's hearts, In their breasts was implanted caprice, |
A man shall trust not | the oath of a maid, Nor the word a woman speaks; For their hearts on a whirling | wheel were fashioned, And fickle their breasts were formed. |
The speech of a maiden should no man trust nor the words which a woman says; for their hearts were shaped on a whirling wheel and falsehood fixed in their breasts. |
| Chisholm: | Hollander: | Terry: | Thorpe: |
| Let no man trust a maiden’s words, nor the talk of a woman, for their hearts were shaped on a spinning wheel, and falsehood lurks in their breasts. |
A wench's words let no wise man trust, nor trust the troth of a woman; for on whirling wheel their hearts are shaped, and fickle and fitful their mings. |
Never trust what a maiden tells you nor count any woman constant; their hearts are turned on a potter's wheel, their minds are made to change. |
In a maiden’s words no one should place faith, nor in what a woman says; for on a turning wheel have their hearts been formed, and guile in their breasts been laid; |
| Bellow's Note: 84. Lines 3 and 4 are quoted in the Fostbræthrasaga. | |||
| Sorry, ladies. | |||
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