Hart ríðr hildar birti
hjalmrunnr í folkgunni
Jóans ættstuðill einart
allfróðr í styr þjóða.
Hjalmrunnr ríðr birti hildar hart í folkgunni, allfróðr ættstuðill Jóans, einart í styr þjóða.
The helmet-tree [WARRIOR] swings the brightness of battle [SWORD] hard in the pitched battle, the all-wise kin-pillar of Jón [= Víðkunnr], steadily, in the war of nations.
[2] ‑gunni: gunna 518ˣ
[2] í folkgunni ‘in the pitched battle’: Cf. OE folcgefeoht, which is used to refer to a pitched battle between two armies, as opposed to a skirmish involving marauding bands. Folkgunnr could also mean a battle or war fought between different factions of the population (see Note to Sigv Berv 1/3), but that makes less sense in the context.