Afreks veit, þars jǫfri
allríkr í styr slíkum
gǫndlar Njǫrðr, sás gerði,
gekk næst, Hugins drekku.
Veit afreks, þars allríkr Njǫrðr gǫndlar, sás gerði drekku Hugins, gekk næst jǫfri í slíkum styr.
It signals an exceptional deed when the all-powerful Njǫrðr <god> of battle [WARRIOR = Þórálfr], who prepared Huginn’s <raven’s> banquet [CORPSES], advanced next to the prince in such a battle.
[3] sás (‘sa er’): þeim er FskBˣ, FskAˣ
[3] sás ‘who’: The m. nom. sg. demonstrative sá refers back to Njǫrðr gǫndlar ‘the Njǫrðr of battle’ i.e. Þórálfr Skólmsson. The Fsk variant þeims (m. dat. sg.) agrees with jǫfri ‘prince’ (l. 1), i.e. Hákon, who would then be the subject of the rel. clause.