Hrosta drýgir hvern kost
hanglúðrs gæi-Þrúðr,
en drafnar loga Lofn
lǫstu rækir vinfǫst.
Gæi-Þrúðr hanglúðrs hrosta drýgir hvern kost, en Lofn loga drafnar, vinfǫst, rækir lǫstu.
The watching Þrúðr <goddess> of the hanging vessel of mash [CAULDRON > WOMAN] possesses every excellence, and the Lofn <goddess> of the fire of the wave [GOLD > WOMAN], loyal to her friends, rejects vices.
[4] rækir: ‘ræk[…]’ B, ‘re᷎kir’ 744ˣ
[4] rækir ‘rejects’: Use of this verb (3rd pers. sg. pres. indic. of rækja) is a characteristic of learned style first evident in the late C12th (Ólafur Halldórsson 1969b, 156-7).