Karl hefir búit ok kona ǫldruð
á andnesi einhverju.
Átti son við seima Bil
drengr ok dóttur drjúgskýrliga.
Karl ok ǫldruð kona hefir búit á einhverju andnesi. Drengr átti son ok drjúgskýrliga dóttur við Bil seima.
An old man and an aged woman used to live on a certain headland. The capable man had a son and a very sensible daughter with the Bil <goddess> of gold [WOMAN].
[1-2]: A sg. verb, here hefir (búit) ‘used (to live)’, is common with a coordinate subject in poetry (NS §70).