Ǫðlingr drap sér ungum
ungr naglfara á tungu
innanborðs ok orða
aflgerð meðalkafla.
Ungr ǫðlingr drap sér ungum innanborðs á aflgerð tungu naglfara ok orða meðalkafla.
The young ruler launched himself on board ship while young on the powerful activity of the language of the nail-studded one <sword> [BATTLE] and the words of the sword-hilt [BATTLE].
[4] meðalkafla ‘of the sword-hilt’: The meðalkafli ‘middle piece’ was that part of the sword-hilt between the pommel and the guard (Fritzner: meðalkafli; Shetelig and Falk 1937, 380 n. 1; cf. HHund II 3/7; Þul Sverða 12/6).