Hafreiðar vas hlœðir
hlunns í skírnar brunni,
Hvíta-Krists sás hæsta
hoddsviptir fekk giptu.
Hlœðir hafreiðar hlunns vas í brunni skírnar, hoddsviptir, sás fekk hæsta giptu Hvíta-Krists.
The loader of the sea-chariot of the slipway roller [SHIP > SEAFARER] was in the pool of baptism, the hoard-flinger [GENEROUS MAN], who received the highest grace of White-Christ.
[3] Hvíta-Krists ‘of White-Christ’: The term is used, particularly around the conversion period, to refer to Jesus Christ, probably on account of the white garments worn by converts about to be baptised (cf. LP: Hvíta-Kristr). In poetry, it is only used here and in Sigv Lv 23/2I.