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.
[7-8] hafði of notit dóms norna ‘had used up the allotment of the norns’: The expression is equivalent to njóta aldrs ‘to enjoy a lifetime, live out one’s span of life’ (LP: njóta 1). For the notion that the norns determine the length of a human’s life cf. Hamð 30, HHund I 2/2-4, Kommentar IV, 172-4 and Notes to Yt 17/2-3, TorfE Lv 4/2.