Nú emk ellifu allra
— eggjumk vígs — ok tveggja
— þau ’ro enn, svát mank, manna
morð — ráðbani orðinn.
Ginn en gráleik inna,
(golls) es ferr með skolli,
(lýtendr kveða lítit
lauki gæft til auka).
Nú emk orðinn ráðbani allra ellifu ok tveggja; eggjumk vígs; þau morð manna ’ro, svát mank enn. En ginn inna gráleik, es ferr með skolli; lýtendr golls kveða lauki lítit gæft til auka.
Now I have become the death-instigator of altogether eleven and two; I am stirred to strife; those slayings of men are such that I still remember. But deceits yield ill will, which is accompanied by trickery; spoilers of gold [MEN] say that the leek needs little to grow strong.
[6] es (‘er’): enn J2ˣ, ok H, Hr
[5, 6] ginn inna gráleik, es ferr með skolli ‘deceits yield ill will, which is accompanied by trickery’: Recalls Hávm 45/6 (NK 24): oc gialda lausung við lygi ‘and repay a lie with falsehood’ (see also ÍF 28, 134 n.).