Ok inndrótt
elda kyndi
böðvar-Týs
við baug*renni,
svát eggfárs
eisur stukku
of ilflet
Aurnis spjalla.
Ok inndrótt kyndi elda böðvar-Týs við baug*renni, svát eisur eggfárs stukku of Aurnis spjalla ilflet.
And the retinue kindled the fires of the battle-Týr <god> [= Óðinn > SPEARS] against the ring-advancer [GENEROUS MAN = Skúli], so that the flames of blade-wrath [BATTLE > SPEARS] rushed over the floors of the footsole of Aurnir’s <giant’s> confidant [(lit. ‘footsole-floors of Aurnir’s confidant’) GIANT > SHIELDS].
[4] ‑renni: so all others, renn E
[4] baug*renni ‘the ring-advancer [GENEROUS MAN]’: I.e. Skúli. Bauga renni ‘the advancer of rings’ (so F, 42ˣ, 81a, Flat) renders the l. hypermetrical. The scribe of E attempted to rectify this by omitting the i-ending on the base-word.
case: dat.