Sóta, morð ok víg, sókn ok íð,
dolg, ógn, tara, drima ok ímun,
þá es orrosta, ok ørlygi,
hríð ok etja, Herþǫgn, þrima.
Sóta, morð ok víg, sókn ok íð, dolg, ógn, tara, drima ok ímun, þá es orrosta, ok ørlygi, hríð ok etja, Herþǫgn, þrima.
Struggle, killing and slaughter, assault and deed, enmity, terror, combat, noise and onslaught, then there is battle, and doom, storm and agression, Herþǫgn, din.
[7] etja (f.) ‘aggression’: There is no evidence that this word was used as a term for ‘battle’. The word is omitted in the LaufE mss.