Hvat munt hafs á otri,
hengiligr, með drengjum,
karl, þvít kraptr þinn fǫrlask,
kinngrár, mega vinna?
Hvat munt mega vinna með drengjum á otri hafs, hengiligr, kinngrár karl, þvít kraptr þinn fǫrlask?
What will you be able to accomplish among the young men on the otter of the ocean [SHIP], slouching, grey-cheeked fellow, since your strength is waning?
[1] otri: so Tˣ, W, A, 2368ˣ, 743ˣ, ‘[…]ri’ R, akri U
[1] á otri hafs ‘on the otter of the ocean [SHIP]’: The last word in l. 1 is partly erased in R, and the U reading, akri ‘cultivated field’, makes no sense in the context.
case: dat.