Gagn brann greypra þegna;
glóð varð fǫst í tróði;
laust hertoga hristir
Heina illum steini.
Lífs bôðu sér lýðir;
logi þingaði Hringum
nauðgan dóm, áðr næmisk
niðrfall Hôolfs galla.
Gagn greypra þegna brann; glóð varð fǫst í tróði; hristir hertoga laust Heina illum steini. Lýðir bôðu sér lífs; logi þingaði Hringum nauðgan dóm, áðr niðrfall galla Hôolfs næmisk.
The assets of bold retainers burned up; embers were lodged in the thatch; the shaker of war-leaders [RULER] struck the Heinir with a dire stone. The people begged for their lives; fire pronounced on the Hringar an enforced verdict, before the cessation of the destruction of Hálfr <legendary king> [FIRE] took place.
[3] hristir hertoga ‘the shaker of war-leaders [RULER]’: An unusual kenning, since hristir ‘shaker’ normally appears in warrior-kennings with terms for weapons or treasure as the determinant (Meissner 296), but cf. hneykir hertoga ‘confounder of war-leaders’ in st. 8/1. For the word hertogi ‘duke’, lit. ‘army leader’ or ‘war-leader’, see Notes to Ólhv Hryn 5/8 and Sturl Hákkv 23/8.