Ríðr at vilgi víðu
víðfrægr, en mér líða,
Hroptatýr, of hvápta
hróðrmôl, sonar báli.
Víðfrægr Hroptatýr ríðr at vilgi víðu báli sonar, en hróðrmôl líða of hvápta mér.
The widely renowned Hroptatýr <= Óðinn> rides to the immensely large pyre of his son, and praise-speeches flow through my mouth.
[1] víðu: so U, blíðu all others
[1] víðu ‘large’: Both for semantic and, more importantly, for metrical reasons, the present edn follows ms. U against the other mss, which give blíðu ‘friendly’, because víðu provides the required v-alliteration.