‘Á baki létu blíkja — barðir vôru grjóti —
Sváfnis salnæfrar seggir hyggjandi.
Œstusk austkylfur ok of Jaðar hljópu
heim ór Hafrsfirði ok hugðu á mjǫðdrykkju.
‘Hyggjandi seggir létu Sváfnis salnæfrar blíkja á baki; vôru barðir grjóti. Austkylfur œstusk ok hljópu of Jaðar, heim ór Hafrsfirði, ok hugðu á mjǫðdrykkju.
‘Sensible men made shingles of the hall of Sváfnir <= Óðinn> [(lit. ‘hall-shingles of Sváfnir’) = Valhǫll > SHIELDS] gleam on their backs [in flight]; they were pelted with stones. The east-cudgels were stirred up and ran across Jæren, homewards from Hafrsfjorden, and concentrated on mead-drinking.