Tungl gaft, tryggvinr engla,
talið dœgr megin lœgis,
— fekk hlýrnir stað stjǫrnum —
sterkr, ok aldir merkja.
Sterkr tryggvinr engla, gaft tungl merkja talið dœgr, megin lœgis ok aldir; hlýrnir fekk stjǫrnum stað.
Powerful faithful friend of angels [= God], you gave celestial bodies to mark the number of days and nights, the power of the sea and the ages; the sky found a place for the stars.
[2] dœgr ‘days and nights’: Dœgr could mean the twelve-hour period of the day (or night) as well as the full twenty-four hours (see Introduction to Þul Dœgra).