Ól hertogi hrafna í fjǫrðum;
skulfu skeyti í Skota blóði,
þars fyr jǫfri austan komnum
morðáls metendr merki bôru.
Hertogi ól hrafna í fjǫrðum; skeyti skulfu í blóði Skota, þars metendr morðáls bôru merki fyr jǫfri austan komnum.
The army-leader nourished ravens in the fjords; arrows shook in the blood of the Scots, where the testers of the battle-eel [SWORD > WARRIORS] bore the standards before the prince who had come from the east.
[3] skeyti skulfu ‘arrows shook’: For this l., see also st. 22/5 below. Etymologically related to skjóta ‘shoot’, skeyti ‘arrow’ could also denote a short spear that was thrown (see Falk 1914, 95).