Hjuggu vér með hjörvi.
Háðum rendr í dreyra,
þá er benstara bræddum
fyr Borgundarhólmi.
Hreggský slituz hringa;
hratt álmr af sér málmi;
Völnir fell at vígi;
varat einn konungr meiri.
Val rak vítt of strandir;
vargr fagnaði tafni.
Hjuggu vér með hjörvi. Háðum rendr í dreyra, þá er bræddum benstara fyr Borgundarhólmi. Hreggský hringa slituz; álmr hratt af sér málmi; Völnir fell at vígi; varat einn konungr meiri. Val rak vítt of strandir; vargr fagnaði tafni.
We hewed with the sword. We steeped shields in blood when we fed the wound-starling [RAVEN/EAGLE] off Bornholm. Storm-clouds of swords [SHIELDS] were destroyed; the bow thrust forth metal; Vǫlnir fell in the battle; not a single king was greater. The slain were scattered far and wide over the beaches; the wolf rejoiced in its prey.
[7] Völnir (‘volnir’): so R702ˣ, ‘vvlnír’ 1824b, ‘[…]’ 147, ‘vulner’ with ‘følner W.’ in margin 6ˣ, ‘folnir’ LR, ‘Wolnir’ R693ˣ
[7] Völnir ‘Vǫlnir’: Of this Vǫlnir (so Finnur Jónsson 1893b and all subsequent eds; previous eds have the spelling Vulnir), a sagnperson ‘legendary figure’ according to LP: Vǫlnir, nothing is known