Sjólfr, vartu eigi, þar er sverð ruðum
hvöss á jarli fyr Hléseyju,
en þú hallaðiz heima á milli
kynmálasamr kálfs ok þýjar.
Sjólfr, vartu eigi, þar er ruðum hvöss sverð á jarli fyr Hléseyju, en þú hallaðiz heima kynmálasamr á milli kálfs ok þýjar.
Sjólfr, you were not there where we reddened sharp swords on the jarl off Læsø, but you were lolling around at home, marvellously talkative, between the calf and the servant woman.
[7] kynmálasamr ‘marvellously talkative’: The cpd is a hap. leg. The first element kyn- as a simplex means ‘marvel, wonder’ and functions here as an intensifier.