Búinn léz Ásmundr opt meðan lifði,
málmþings vanr, mér at fylgja.
Sagða ek karli, at ek koma mundak
aptr aldrigi; nú em ek orðrofi.
Ásmundr, vanr málmþings, léz opt búinn at fylgja mér meðan lifði. Ek sagða karli, at ek mundak aldrigi aptr koma; nú em ek orðrofi.
Ásmundr, accustomed to the weapon-meeting [BATTLE], often said he was prepared to follow me as long as he lived. I told the old man that I would never come back; now I have broken my word.