Vas rǫnd roðin; riðu skelkingar;
fellu fyrðar í flogi vápna.
Ôtu ernir af jǫfurs dolgum;
hreyfðusk hrafnar of hrækesti.
Rǫnd vas roðin; skelkingar riðu; fyrðar fellu í flogi vápna. Ernir ôtu af dolgum jǫfurs; hrafnar hreyfðusk of hrækesti.
The shield-rim was reddened; swords swung; men fell in the flight of weapons. Eagles ate from the prince’s enemies; ravens gloated above the carrion-pile.
[8] hrækesti: ‘rægkæste’ papp25ˣ, R683ˣ
[8] hrækesti ‘the carrion-pile’: The spelling ‘rægkeste’ shows Norwegian loss of initial h- and the <g> is likely to be the result of hypercorrection (see Hl 1941, 101).