Drógu dynsveigis
darra flugskjarrir
báta baugnjótar
breiðar strandleiðir.
Eyddu óhræddir
eyjar geirþeyjum
vegs í víðbygðu*
vatni herskatnar.
Flugskjarrir baugnjótar darra dynsveigis drógu báta breiðar strandleiðir. Óhræddir herskatnar vegs eyddu eyjar í víðbygðu* vatni geirþeyjum.
The flight-shy ring-users [GENEROUS MEN] of the swayer of the din of spears [(lit. ‘of the din-swayer of spears’) BATTLE > WARRIOR] pulled the boats along the broad beach-paths. The fearless war-men of honour devastated the islands in the widely inhabited lake with spear-winds [BATTLE].
[1] ‑sveigis: ‑sveigir 304ˣ
[1] dynsveigis ‘of the din-swayer’: Sveigir (nomen agentis to sveigja ‘bend, flex, sway’) taken here in the meaning ‘swayer’, i.e. ‘one who decides the outcome of sth.’ (see also NN §2829). As a base-word in warrior kennings, sveigir usually occurs in the more concrete sense ‘bender’ (see LP: sveigir).
case: gen.