Dreif til handa
herr framr grami
hollr hauksnjǫllum
hvaðanæva svá,
sem fyrr í fǫr
frétt hǫfðu rétt
konunga kyn
Kraka margspǫkum.
Framr, hollr herr dreif til handa hauksnjǫllum grami svá hvaðanæva, sem hǫfðu rétt frétt kyn konunga fyrr í fǫr margspǫkum Kraka.
An outstanding, loyal army gathered around the hawk-brave lord from everywhere, just as [men] have rightly heard that the kin of kings earlier [were] in the company of the very sagacious Kraki (‘Pole-ladder’) <legendary king>.
[1] dreif ‘gathered’: Kock (Skald; NN §3107) emends to helt ‘gathered’ to achieve double alliteration in this l.