unz hrynsævar hræva
hund ǫl-Gefnar fundu
leiðiþír ok læva
lund ǫl-Gefnar bundu.
‘Þú skalt véltr, nema vélum,’
— vreiðr mælir svá — ‘leiðir
munstœrandi mæra
mey aptr, Loki, hapta.’
unz fundu hund hrynsævar hræva ǫl-Gefnar ok bundu leiðiþír ǫl-Gefnar, lund læva. ‘Þú skalt véltr, Loki,’ – vreiðr mælir svá – ‘nema leiðir aptr vélum mæra mey, munstœrandi hapta.’
until they found the hound of the roaring sea of corpses [BLOOD > WOLF] of the ale-Gefn <= Freyja> [WOMAN = Iðunn > = Loki] and bound the leading slave of ale-Gefn <= Freyja> [WOMAN = Iðunn > = Loki], the tree of deceits [MAN = Loki]. ‘You shall be harshly dealt with, Loki,’ – the angry one speaks thus – ‘unless you bring back by strategems the glorious girl, joy-increaser of the divine powers [= Iðunn].’
[6] vreiðr ‘the angry one’: Restoration of original [v] before [r] in initial position to provide alliteration; for a discussion, see Note to Bragi Þórr 6/1 vrǫngum ‘twisted’. The identity of ‘the angry one’ can only be conjectured, the most likely contenders being Þórr, who opposes Loki in other situations in which he has brought the gods into difficulties (e.g. Lok), or Óðinn.