Leysti lögrastar
landa stýrandi
— heldu of haf aldir
húfum — bládúfur.
Lýstiz hrein hæstum
höfn af skipstöfnum
eldi álfoldar
auðar glóðrauðum.
Stýrandi landa leysti bládúfur lögrastar; aldir heldu húfum of haf. Hrein höfn lýstiz eldi álfoldar af hæstum skipstöfnum, glóðrauðum auðar.
The controller of lands [RULER] launched the dark doves of the water-way [SEA > SHIPS]; men steered the hulls across the sea. The safe harbour was illuminated by the fire of the eel-ground [SEA > GOLD] from the loftiest ship-prows, red-glowing with wealth.
[4] húfum ‘the hulls’: See Note to Mberf Lv 1/3. In LP: dúfa Finnur takes this word with the first cl. of the helmingr (‘furrowed the dark waves of the ocean with the hulls’; not so in Skj B).