[3-4]: Some mss have the readings braut undir sik | búsveina lið or braut under sik | búkalla lið ‘trampled down the troop of farmers’ or braut undir sik | búsveina ‘trampled down the farmers’ suggesting that the giant Hrímnir conquered or attacked human settlements (cf. HHj 17). Although these readings make sense grammatically the reading of the older mss is preferable, since it accords better with the plot.