Hjuggu vér með hjörvi.
Hárfagran sá ek røkkva
meyjar dreng at morni
ok málvini ekkju.
Varat, sem varmar laugar
vínkers Njörun bæri
oss í Álasundi,
áðr en Örn konungr felli.
Varat, sem unga ekkju
í öndvegi kyssa.
Hjuggu vér með hjörvi. Ek sá hárfagran dreng meyjar ok málvini ekkju røkkva at morni. Varat, sem Njörun vínkers bæri oss varmar laugar í Álasundi, áðr en Örn konungr felli. Varat, sem kyssa unga ekkju í öndvegi.
We hewed with the sword. I saw the fine-haired young knight of a maiden [LOVER] and the close friends of a widow [LOVERS] weaken in the morning. It was not as if a Njǫrun <goddess> of the wine-vessel [WOMAN] were carrying hot baths for us in Álasund, before King Ǫrn fell. It was not like kissing a young woman in the high seat.
[6] Njörun: so R702ˣ, LR, R693ˣ, ‘níurn’ 1824b, ‘[…]n’ 147, ‘niurn’ with ‘niorun W.’ in margin 6ˣ
[6] Njörun ‘Njǫrun <goddess>’: This name, perhaps originally a name for the earth-goddess (see de Vries 1931, 37-8, and cf. LP: Njǫrun), is listed as a goddess-name in Þul Ásynja 1/8III; see further ÍO: Njörn, Njörun. The name is otherwise mainly attested as a base-word in kennings for ‘woman’, as here.
case: nom.