Vel hafið yðrum eykjum
aptr, Þrívalda, haldit
simbli sumbls of mærum,
sundrkljúfr níu hǫfða.
Hafið vel haldit aptr eykjum yðrum, sundrkljúfr níu hǫfða Þrívalda, of mærum simbli sumbls.
You have well driven back your draught animals, cleaver asunder of the nine heads of Þrívaldi <giant> [= Þórr], above the famous drink-provider of the drinking party [= Ægir (ægir ‘ocean’)].
[4] níu hǫfða ‘of the nine heads’: There is no other evidence, besides Bragi’s stanza, for the idea that Þrívaldi had nine heads; the name may suggest that he had three (cf. Simek 1993, 328).