Bauð inn böðfróði
bragna sigrmagnaðr
austan orrostu
optar spjót-Hroptum.
Þorðut þrekstærðan
þegnar ófegnir
bjórs við blikrýri
berjaz útverja.
Inn böðfróði sigrmagnaðr bragna austan bauð optar spjót-Hroptum orrostu. Ófegnir þegnar þorðut berjaz við þrekstærðan útverja bjórs blikrýri.
The war-crafty victory-augmenter of men [WARRIOR = Hákon] from the east often offered battle to the spear-Hroptar <= Óðinn’s> [WARRIORS]. The unhappy warriors did not dare to fight against the powerful diminisher of the flash of the beer of fishing-stations [(lit. ‘flash-diminisher of the beer of fishing-stations’) SEA > GOLD > GENEROUS MAN].
[7] ‑rýri: stýri Flat
[7] blikrýri ‘flash-diminisher’: Blikstýri ‘flash-controller’ (so Flat) is an equally good reading.
case: acc.