Gǫndul þat mælti, studdisk geirskapti:
‘Vex nú gengi goða,
es Hôkuni hafa með her mikinn
heim bǫnd of boðit.’
Gǫndul mælti þat, studdisk geirskapti: ‘Gengi goða vex nú, es bǫnd hafa of boðit Hôkuni heim með mikinn her.’
Gǫndul said that [this], leaned on a spear-shaft: ‘The gods’ force grows now, since the gods have invited Hákon home with a great army.’
[1] Gǫndul mælti þat ‘Gǫndul said that [this]’: In contrast with Anon Eirm, which imitates eddic usage, and with st. 12 of this poem (see Note to st. 12 [All]), the identifications of speakers here and in sts 13/2, 14/2, 15/1, 16/6 and 17/2 are not extrametrical. See Noreen (1926, 179); Vogt (1930a, 199).