Munat í vári vestr langskipum
hugragr of haf Haraldr fara.
Því mun lengi lafhræddr konungr
alls andvani Englands ok vegs.
Hugragr Haraldr munat fara langskipum vestr of haf í vári. Því mun lafhræddr konungr lengi andvani alls Englands ok vegs.
Cowardly-minded Haraldr will not travel on long-ships west across the sea this spring. Therefore the terror-stricken king will long be bereft of all England and of honour.
[6] lafhræddr ‘terror-stricken’: This lit. means ‘be so afraid that the hands are dangling by the side’ (see Fritzner: lafhræddr and Note to Lv 1/6 above).