Knátti eðr við illan
Jǫrmunrekkr at vakna
með dreyrfáar dróttir
draum í sverða flaumi.
Rósta varð í ranni
Randvés hǫfuðniðja,
þás hrafnbláir hefndu
harma Erps of barmar.
Jǫrmunrekkr knátti eðr at vakna við illan draum með dreyrfáar dróttir í flaumi sverða. Rósta varð í ranni hǫfuðniðja Randvés, þás hrafnbláir of barmar Erps hefndu harma.
Jǫrmunrekkr then awakened with an evil dream among the blood-stained troops in the eddy of swords [BATTLE]. There was tumult in the hall of the chief kinsmen of Randvér [= the dynasty of the Goths], when the raven-black brothers of Erpr [= Hamðir and Sǫrli] avenged their injuries.
[6] Randvés: randvérs C
[6] hǫfuðniðja Randvés ‘of the chief kinsmen of Randvér [= the dynasty of the Goths]’: Some scholars (so Skj B) consider this kenning to refer to Jǫrmunrekkr himself, the father of Randvér, believing that the pl. hǫfuðniðjar is intended to have a sg. referent. But there is no reason to abandon the pl. sense, which then denotes the Gothic royal house as a whole and its ancestral hall.