Hreggskornis vilk handa
háleitan mjǫð vanda.
Vilk vanda háleitan mjǫð … handa … hreggskornis.
I wish carefully to prepare the sublime mead … for … of storm-cleaver <eagle>.
[2] háleitan ‘sublime’: This adj. belongs to the ecclesiastical sphere (= Lat. excelsus ‘high, lofty, elevated; cf. Fritzner: háleitr), which makes Finnur Jónsson’s dating of the couplet (C10th) tenuous. For háleitr, see ESk Geisl 13/8VII, Anon Líkn 36/4VII, Anon Lil 5/5VII, 26/2VII, 86/2VII and Anon Mey 20/2VII.