‘Hermóðr ok Bragi,’ kvað Hroptatýr,
‘gangið í gǫgn grami,
því at konungr ferr, sá es kappi þykkir,
til hallar hinig.’
‘Hermóðr ok Bragi,’ kvað Hroptatýr, ‘gangið í gǫgn grami, því at konungr ferr hinig til hallar, sá es þykkir kappi.’
‘Hermóðr and Bragi,’ said Hroptatýr [Óðinn], ‘go to meet the monarch, because a king is coming here to the hall who is deemed a champion.’
[1] Hermóðr: Here the son of Óðinn, unlike in Hyndl 2, where Hermóðr, by being mentioned alongside Sigmundr, appears to be a legendary hero (so LP: 2. Hermóðr 1 and others, though Noreen 1921, 57, demurs). Mention of Hermóðr here, so soon after the resemblance to Hyndl 1 in the preceding stanza (see Note to st. 13/1), suggests an intended allusion.