Váru ekki svá margir menn á skeiðum,
at vér á flótta fyrri* heldim,
þó at miklu lið minna hefðim,
svá at ellifu einum gegndi.
Váru ekki svá margir menn á skeiðum, at vér heldim á flótta fyrri*, þó at hefðim miklu minna lið, svá at ellifu gegndi einum.
There were not so many men on the warships that we would take to flight earlier, although we had a much smaller host, so that eleven encountered one.
[4] fyrri*: fyrir 2845
[4] fyrri* ‘earlier’: The ms. has fyrir but this produces a hypometrical line; emending to fyrri ‘earlier’, as has been done by most earlier eds (Edd. Min.; Skj B; Skald), gives the required long-stemmed disyllabic word in metrical positions 1-2.