[4]: As it stands, this is a fornyrðislag line of five syllables. Skj B emends to sjaldan ek þess latta ‘I seldom held back from this’, while Skald emends to sjaldan ek hjaldrs latta ‘I seldom [i.e. never] held back from battle’ (cf. NN §186), but neither emendation produces a metrical line.