Hvé skalk gótt at gjǫldum
gunnveggjar brú leggja
…
raddkleif at Þórleifi.
Týframra sék tíva
trygglaust of far þriggja
á hreingǫru hlýri
Hildar fats ok Þjaza.
Hvé skalk leggja … gótt ... at gjǫldum brú gunnveggjar ... raddkleif at Þórleifi. Sék trygglaust of far þriggja týframra tíva ok Þjaza á hreingǫru hlýri fats Hildar.
How can I provide … good ... as recompense for the bridge of the battle-wall [SHIELD-WALL > SHIELD] ... voice-cliff [SHIELD] from Þorleifr. I see the insecure situation of three god-bold deities and Þjazi on the brightly made surface of the clothing of Hildr <valkyrie> [ARMOUR > SHIELD-FACE].
[4] at Þórleifi: so all others, ‘[…]’ R; at: so all others, ‘[…]’ R
[4] at Þórleifi ‘from Þorleifr’: Presumably the name of the poet’s patron, possibly (certainly LP: Þórleifr) to be identified with Þorleifr inn spaki ‘the Wise’, the son of Hǫrða-Kári, c. 900, or possibly later, if he is the same Þorleifr as the one who was involved in setting up the Icelandic alþingi in 930 (cf. ÍF 1, 7 and n., 313; cf. ÍF 26, 163 n.; SnE 1998, I, 169; Holtsmark 1949, 5).