Lofs flutt fjǫrum
fyr gunnǫrum
— né spurð spǫrum
spjǫll grams — snǫrum.
Hefk hans fǫrum
til hróðrs gǫrum
ypt óvǫrum
fyr auðs bǫrum.
Lofs flutt fyr snǫrum, gunnǫrum fjǫrum; né spǫrum spurð spjǫll grams. Hefk ypt fǫrum hans, gǫrum til hróðrs, fyr óvǫrum bǫrum auðs.
Praise is presented before bold, battle-generous men; nor do we [I] withhold stories heard about the ruler. I have extolled his expeditions, performed for glory, before unwary trees of wealth [MEN].
[4] grams: gram W
[4] grams (m. gen. sg.) ‘about the ruler’: Lit. ‘of the ruler’. The W variant, gram ‘ruler’, could be taken as a m. dat. sg. with snǫrum ‘bold’ (l. 4): lof snǫrum gram [e]s flutt fyr gunnǫrum fjǫrum ‘praise to the bold lord is presented before battle-generous men’ (so Konráð Gíslason 1895-7, Skj B and Skald).