Brunnu benjeldar í blóðgum undum;
lutu langbarðar at lýða fjǫrvi.
Svarraði sárgymir á sverða nesi;
fell flóð fleina í fjǫru Storðar.
Benjeldar brunnu í blóðgum undum; langbarðar lutu at fjǫrvi lýða. Sárgymir svarraði á nesi sverða; flóð fleina fell í fjǫru Storðar.
Wound-fires [SWORDS] burned in bloody wounds; swords swung down on men’s lives. The wound-sea [BLOOD] roared on the headland of swords [SHIELD]; the flood of barbs [BLOOD] fell on the shore of Stord.
[8] Storðar ‘of Stord’: An island in Sunnhordland, south of Bergen, at the mouth of Hardangerfjorden. The battle took place at Fitjar on the island c. 961.