Ok andvǫnum Endils
ítrskíð á dreif síðan
sann-Njǫrðungum seima
sveif hundruðum undir,
svát glójarðar gerði
Gylfa skíðs of víði
— búkr hné margr fyr mæki —
meinfœrt of lǫg hreinum.
Ok andvǫnum sann-Njǫrðungum seima sveif síðan hundruðum á dreif undir ítrskíð Endils, svát gerði meinfœrt of víði hreinum glójarðar skíðs Gylfa of lǫg; margr búkr hné fyr mæki.
And life-lacking true Njǫrðungar <gods> of gold [MEN] drifted afterwards in hundreds, scattered under the glorious ski of Endill <sea-king> [SHIP], so that it made the going dangerous across the ocean for reindeer of the gleaming earth of the ski of Gylfi <sea-king> [SHIP > SEA > SHIPS] across the sea; many a body fell before the sword.
[3] Njǫrðungum: ‘iordvngvm’ Bb
[3] sann-Njǫrðungum ‘true Njǫrðungar <gods>’: The many instances of incorrect word division in Bb’s text make this a trivial emendation. Njǫrðungr appears to be a derivative of the god-name Njǫrðr. It occurs in other warrior-kennings, always in the pl. (LP: njǫrðungar).
case: dat.
number: pl.