Þat frák víg á vatni
verðung jǫfurs gerðu,
nadda él en, nýla,
næst telk eigi in smæstu.
Frák verðung jǫfurs gerðu nýla þat víg á vatni, en telk næst eigi in smæstu él nadda.
I heard the prince’s retinue recently fought that battle on the water, and next I will recount not the smallest storms of barbs [BATTLES].
[2] gerðu ‘fought’: Past inf. of gera, gøra ‘do, make’, here ‘fight’. Verðung gerðu forms an acc. with past inf. construction, following frák, hence lit. ‘I heard the retinue to have fought …’.