Forngǫrvan ák firnum
farms Gunnlaðar arma
horna fors at hrósa
hlítstyggs ok þó lítinn.
Ák at hrósa firnum fors horna hlítstyggs farms arma Gunnlaðar forngǫrvan ok þó lítinn.
I have to praise vehemently the waterfall of horns [MEAD] of the trust-wary freight of the arms of Gunnlǫð <giantess> [LOVER = Óðinn > POETRY] made of old, and yet meagre.
[1] firnum: fyrðum U
[1] firnum ‘vehemently’: This is a dat., used adverbially, of firn ‘abomination, shocking thing’, often used merely as an intensifier, as with the cognate OE firen- in firenþearf ‘dire need’.