Serk um frák ór silki
í sex stöðum görvan;
ermr á Íralandi
önnur norðr með Finnum.
Slógu Saxa meyjar,
en suðreyskar spunnu;
váfu valskar drósir;
varp Óþjóðans móðir.
Um frák serk ór silki görvan í sex stöðum; ermr á Íralandi, önnur norðr með Finnum. Saxa meyjar slógu, en suðreyskar spunnu; valskar drósir váfu; móðir Óþjóðans varp.
I have heard of a silken shirt made in six places; a sleeve in Ireland, another north among the Saami. Maidens of the Saxons struck [the weft], and Hebrideans spun; southern women wove; Óþjóðann’s mother cast [the warp].
[3] Íra‑: Ír‑ 471
[3-4] ermr á Íralandi, önnur norðr með Finnum ‘a sleeve in Ireland, another north among the Saami’: Locations suggestive of magic, and in the former case, with the weaving of magical garments; cf. in particular Anon Darr 1-11V (Nj 53-63) and Orkn ch. 55 (ÍF 34, 117-19); see also Ǫrv 1892, 39 n. 15; Bek-Pedersen 2007). The reference to Hebridean women in l. 6 reinforces this theme.