Ek mun þik enskis eyris krefja,
né skjall*anda skarfs ór gulli.
Þó mun ek ríða ok rönd bera
Húna þjóðum gunni at bjóða.
Ek mun krefja þik enskis eyris, né skjall*anda skarfs ór gulli. Þó mun ek ríða ok bera rönd at bjóða þjóðum Húna gunni.
I will demand from you nothing of silver, nor chinking coin of gold. Yet I will ride and bear a shield to offer battle to the people of the Huns.
[4] skarfs: ‘skafst’ R715ˣ
[4] skarfs ‘coin’: A hap. leg. with this meaning (LP: skarfr 2; AEW: skarfr 2). The word may be related to MLG scharf, scherf ‘half penny’, late ON skerfr ‘share, portion’. The homonym skarfr ‘cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)’ does not seem to be etymologically related (AEW: skarfr 1; Fritzner: skarfr 2).