Ok til þings
þriðja jǫfri
Hveðrungs mær
ór heimi bauð,
þás Halfdanr,
sás Holtum bjó,
norna dóms
of notit hafði.
Ok buðlung
á Borrói
sigrhafendr
síðan fôlu.
Ok mær Hveðrungs bauð þriðja jǫfri ór heimi til þings, þás Halfdanr, sás bjó Holtum, hafði of notit dóms norna. Ok sigrhafendr fôlu buðlung síðan á Borrói.
And the maiden of Hveðrungr <= Loki> [= Hel] invited a third ruler out of the world to a meeting when Hálfdan, who lived in Holtan, had used up the allotment of the norns. And afterwards the victorious ones buried the ruler in Borre.
[1] til þings ‘to a meeting’: Finnur Jónsson (Hkr 1893-1901, IV; Yng 1912; Yt 1925) assumes the meeting is of an erotic nature (cf. Sundqvist 2005a, 111; Bergsveinn Birgisson 2008, 349). Though this is difficult to prove, it gains credibility because Yt 7/4 refers to Hel taking pleasure in a deceased prince (see Note).