Vildi engi við Vifil jafnaz,
þó at Hámundar hjarðar gætti.
Sá ek öngan þar svínahirði
huglausara en Heðins arfa.
Engi vildi jafnaz við Vifil, þó at gætti hjarðar Hámundar. Þar sá ek öngan svínahirði huglausara en arfa Heðins.
No one would want to compare himself with Vifill, even though he tended Hámundr’s livestock. There I did not see any swineherd more faint-hearted than the heir of Heðinn [= Vifill].
[7] huglausara: huglausari 2845
[7] huglausara ‘more faint-hearted’: Most earlier eds, with the exception of Skj B and Hálf 1981, have normalised the ms. reading to the earlier form of the comp. m. adj. ending in -a. Forms of the comp. m. adj. ending in -i are generally found in texts later than 1250-1300 (cf. ANG §435 Anm. 1).