Hvargis Beita borgar
bálgrimmustum skála
hôr of hnossvin órum
heims vafrlogi sveimar.
Hvargis hôr vafrlogi skála heims sveimar of hnossvin órum, Beita borgar bálgrimmustum.
Wherever the high flickering flame of the world’s hall [SKY > SUN] hovers above our treasure-friend, most hostile to the fire of Beiti’s <sea-king’s> stronghold [(lit. ‘most fire-hostile of Beiti’s stronghold’) SEA > GOLD > GENEROUS MAN].
[4] vafr‑: vafrs‑ Tˣ
[4] vafrlogi ‘flickering flame’: Usually refers to an impregnable wall of fire surrounding women’s dwellings in myth and legend (see LP: vafrlogi, and e.g. Skí 8/3, 9/3). See also Note to Þul Elds 2/1 and Kommentar I, 57.