Mæla virðar, þeir er vitu ekki,
at Hálfs frami heimsku sætti.
Kann ekki sá konung háleyskan,
er heimsku þrótt honum eignaði.
Virðar, þeir er vitu ekki, mæla, at frami Hálfs sætti heimsku. Sá kann ekki háleyskan konung, er eignaði honum þrótt heimsku.
Those men, who do not know, say that Hálfr’s courage amounted to foolishness. He does not know the king from Hålogaland, who ascribed the valour of foolishness to him.
[6] háleyskan ‘from Hålogaland’: Some eds (Hálf 1864; Edd. Min.; Hálf 1909; FSGJ) print háleygskan. The adj. háleyskr ‘from Hålogaland’ may be used here as a synonym for ‘Norwegian, from Norway’. Hálfr’s and his champions’ associations with Hålogaland are also referred to in Hálf 8/2, though their precise connection with this part of northern Norway is unclear.