Hér þykki ek nú í Hakaveldi
hornungr vera hverrar þjóðar.
Allir eigu innar at sitja
hálfargir menn en Hálfsrekkar.
Ek þykki nú vera hornungr hverrar þjóðar hér í Hakaveldi. Allir hálfargir menn eigu at sitja innar en Hálfsrekkar.
I now seem to be an outcast amongst all people here in Haki’s realm. All half-cowardly men are entitled to sit futher inwards than Hálfr’s champions.
[3] hornungr ‘an outcast’: Lit. ‘someone relegated to the corner’, a term often applied to an illegitimate son; cf. Fritzner, ONP: hornungr.