Sámleitum rauð sveita
— sleit ǫrn Gera beitu —
— fekksk arnar matr jǫrnum —
Jarnsǫxu grǫn faxa.
Rauð grǫn sámleitum faxa Jarnsǫxu sveita; ǫrn sleit beitu Gera; matr arnar fekksk jǫrnum.
He reddened the whiskers of Jarnsaxa’s <troll-woman’s> swarthy steed [WOLF] with blood; an eagle tore Geri’s <wolf’s> bait [CORPSES]; food of the eagle [CORPSES] was provided by weapons.
[2] Gera: so Tˣ, U, A, C, gróa R, geira B
[2] Gera ‘Geri’s <wolf’s>’: Geri was one of Óðinn’s wolves in Old Norse myth. Gróa ‘of Grói’ (so R) makes little sense in the context (gróa inf. ‘grow’ or Gróa f. nom. sg., which is the name for a sorceress or a sword; see Note to Þul Sverða 1/5). Geira ‘of spears’ (so B) must be a lectio facilior.