Dagr reið Drǫsli en Dvalinn Móðni,
Hǫð Hjálmþér en Haki Fáki.
Reið bani Belja Blóðughófa
en Skævaði skati Haddingja.
Dagr reið Drǫsli en Dvalinn Móðni, Hjálmþér Hǫð en Haki Fáki. Bani Belja reið Blóðughófa en skati Haddingja Skævaði.
Dagr rode Drǫsull and Dvalinn Móðnir, Hjálmþér Hǫðr and Haki Fákr. The slayer of Beli <giant> [= Freyr] rode Blóðughófi and the champion of the Haddingjar <legendary family> [= Helgi] Skævaðr.
[1] Dagr: so U, A, C, papp10ˣ, 2368ˣ, 743ˣ, Dagi R, Tˣ
[1] Dagr: Mss R and Tˣ read ‘Dagi’ (retained in SnE 1998), but the readings of the other mss suggest that this is a scribal error. Dagr was the legendary progenitor of the Daglingar (SnE 1998, I, 103); cf. dǫglingr, a heiti for ‘prince, ruler’. See also Ættartölur in Flat 1860-8, I, 25, where Dagr is listed as one of the ancestors of Haraldr hárfagri, Hyndl 18/1 and Ragnarssona saga (RagnSon, Hb 1892-6, 466).