Bresta mun baugröst,
brá mær augum
um heruð hingat
hegna til þegna.
Hafa skal hverr drengr
hjörnjóts mörg spjót,
áðr komi mikil fram
málmahríð síðan.
Baugröst mun bresta, mær brá augum um heruð hingat til þegna hegna. Hverr drengr hjörnjóts skal hafa mörg spjót, áðr mikil málmahríð komi fram síðan.
The ring-path [SHIELD] will break, the girl flashed her eyes around the district hither to the men of the defenders. Each brave fellow of the sword-user [WARRIOR] must have many spears, before a great weapon-storm [BATTLE] will then ensue.
[6] hjörnjóts: ‘híor níot ok’ 2845
[6] hjörnjóts ‘of the sword-user [WARRIOR]’: The ms. reads ‘híor níot ok’, where ok is represented by a Tironian nota resembling a <z>. This can easily be mistaken for a final <z> denoting the genitive ending <s> and vice versa. The kenning hjörnjótr means ‘sword-owner, sword-user’ or possibly ‘sword-god’, as Njótr is also one of Óðinn’s names (see Meissner 261, 331-2; Þul Óðins 6/6III and Note).
case: gen.