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.’
[6] bǫnd: bœndr F
[6] bǫnd ‘the gods’: This usage is exclusively poetic: see LP: band 5 and Marold (1992). The original sense of band may be ‘that which binds’, or ‘the powers who bind, hold everything together’ (LP).