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.
[8] Hakaveldi ‘Haki’s realm’: Similar to such compounds as Danaveldi ‘the realm of the Danes’ (cf. ÞjóðA Magn 12/4III and Note), although defined in this instance by the control over territory of one man rather than an ethnic group, the term Hakaveldi refers to the realm controlled by King Haki, who is said in the prose text of Hálf to rule over the province of Skåne, which was part of greater Denmark in the Middle Ages.