Ok slíðrliga síðan
svangr — vas þat fyr lǫngu —
át af eikirótum
okbjǫrn faðir Mǫrnar,
áðr djúphugaðr dræpi
dolg ballastan vallar
hirðitýr meðal herða
herfangs ofan stǫngu.
Ok svangr faðir Mǫrnar át síðan slíðrliga okbjǫrn af eikirótum – þat vas fyr lǫngu –, áðr djúphugaðr hirðitýr herfangs dræpi ballastan dolg vallar stǫngu ofan meðal herða.
And the hungry father of Mǫrn <giantess> [= Þjazi] then ate horribly the yoke-bear [OX] from the oak-roots – that was long ago –, before the deep-minded retaining god of plunder [= Loki] could strike the very bold enemy of the earth [GIANT = Þjazi] with a pole from above between the shoulders.
[5] dræpi (‘drępi’): so W, drepi R, Tˣ
[5] dræpi ‘could strike’: Ms. W’s ‘drępi’ (3rd pers. sg. pret. subj.) is adopted here, rather than R, Tˣ’s drepi (3rd pers. sg. pres. subj.) The pret. subj. form of the verb is to be expected here, and in addition the long vowel is required in the cadence.