Blés of böðfúsa
bragna fjölmagnat
hregg á herbygðum
hríðar brimskíðum.
Upp rak alkeppna
öld með herskjöldu
grundar gjálfrs undit
grand at Skotlandi.
Fjölmagnat hregg blés of böðfúsa bragna á herbygðum brimskíðum hríðar. Undit grand grundar gjálfrs rak alkeppna öld með herskjöldu upp at Skotlandi.
The sorcery-strengthened hailstorm blew around the battle-eager men on the troop-inhabited surf-skis of the sea [SHIPS]. The twisted harm of the land of the surge [SEA > STORM] drove the very vigorous crew with war-shields towards [the shores of] Scotland.
[7] undit: undir 304ˣ, ‑undi Flat
[7-8] undit grand grundar gjálfrs ‘the twisted harm of the land of the surge [SEA > STORM]’: LP: vinda 3 suggests that Sturla may have had the mythological Miðgarðsormr (‘World-serpent’) in mind here.