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.
[8] Hôolfs (‘hálfs’): hafs FskBˣ
[8] galla Hôolfs ‘of the destruction of Hálfr <legendary king> [FIRE]’: This is a reference to the burning-in of King Hálfr (Hálf chs 12-13). The fire-kenning bani Holfs ‘death of Hálfr’ is found in Þjóð Yt 6/7I. Holfs is disyllabic; see LP: Hlfr and references there.