Sôtu þá dǫglingar með sverð of togin,
með skarða skjǫldu ok skotnar brynjur.
Vasa sá herr í hugum ok átti
til Valhallar vega.
Þá sôtu dǫglingar með sverð of togin, með skarða skjǫldu ok skotnar brynjur. Sá herr vasa í hugum ok átti vega til Valhallar.
Then kings were sitting with swords drawn, with hacked shields and pierced mail-shirt. That army was not in good spirits and was on its way to Valhǫll.
[4] skotnar: skornar F
[4] skotnar ‘pierced’: The reading skornar ‘cut’ of F, preferred in Skald, but not in Skj B, is also quite possible, but the agreement of Kˣ and the J transcripts speaks for skotnar, especially as they represent different branches of the Hkr stemma.