Hervör ek heiti Hundingja dóttir;
minn föður ef röskvan þú lítir ríku*liga,
líf þitt án dvöl þú láta mundir,
ef þú værir gegn döglingi.
Ek heiti Hervör, dóttir Hundingja; ef þú lítir röskvan föður minn ríku*liga, mundir þú láta líf þitt án dvöl, ef þú værir gegn döglingi.
I am called Hervǫr, daughter of Hundingi; if you look at my bold father arrogantly, you would lose your life without delay, if you were to be against the prince.
[4] ríku*liga: ‘rikugliga’ 109a IIIˣ, ÍBR5ˣ, ‘rykuglegann’ crossed out in another hand papp6ˣ
[4] ríku*liga ‘arrogantly’: All mss have a version of this adv., which has been deleted by most previous eds, both to accommodate papp6ˣ’s additional text and because the normal sense of the adv. ‘magnificently, forcefully’ may have seemed inappropriate.