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.’
[2] ‑skapti: ‑skapti á J1ˣ, J2ˣ
[2] studdisk geirskapti ‘leaned on a spear-shaft’: The usual expression is styðjask við (note that J has á), followed by the acc., but cf. styðja hendi, fœti ‘lean upon the hand, foot’.