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.
[4] Heina: so 39, F, E, J2ˣ, H, hann eina possibly corrected to heina Kˣ, heima Hr
[4, 6] Heina; Hringum ‘the Heinir; the Hringar’: The people of Hedmark (Heiðmǫrk) and Ringerike (Hringaríki), respectively. Both their domains lie north of Oslofjorden and Viken, Hedmark in the east of Norway and Ringerike to its south and west.