Sá hverr maðr,
at höfuðskepnur
fylkis tígn
fagna vildu
göfugláts
gjálfri kringðum
á vindkers
víðum botni.
Hverr maðr sá, at höfuðskepnur vildu fagna tígn göfugláts fylkis á víðum botni vindkers, kringðum gjálfri.
Every man saw that the chief elements wished to welcome the dignity of the splendid ruler on the wide bottom of the wind-vessel [SKY/HEAVEN > EARTH], encircled by the surge.
[2] ‑skepnur: ‑skepnir 304ˣ
[2] höfuðskepnur ‘the chief elements’: Lit. ‘the main creations’, i.e. earth, air, fire and water. This term occurs as early as in the ON Elucidarius (c. 1200) and it is also used in SnE (Fritzner: höfuðskepna 2.; see also Clunies Ross 1987, 134-7, 155-73 on the knowledge of encyclopedic literature in the Scandinavian Middle Ages).