Stanza 1

Gáttir allar,áþr gangi fram,umb skoþask skyli,umb skygnask skyli;þvít óvist es,hvar óvinirsitja á fleti fyrir.

At every door-way,ere one enters,one should spy round,one should pry roundfor uncertain is the wittingthat there be no foeman sitting,within, before one on the floor.