Valr ok Haukr í víkingu,
báðir fræknir buðlungs vinir.
Fáir mundu þeim fylkis rekkum
hæfir þykkja ór Hakaveldi.
Valr ok Haukr í víkingu, báðir fræknir vinir buðlungs. Fáir ór Hakaveldi mundu þykkja hæfir þeim rekkum fylkis.
Valr and Haukr on a viking expedition, both valiant friends of the king. Few from Haki’s realm would seem to match these champions of the prince.
[7] hæfir ‘to match’: From the adj. hæfr ‘fit, proper, useful’. Hálf 1864 and later eds emend to hæfri ‘braver [than]’.