‘Þar húkta eg, þó mier ilt þætta,
heldr hundeygður, og hræddumz dauða.
Hljóp hinn háfætti fyrir holu munna;
hafði staf stóran; stakk inn til mín.
‘Þar húkta eg, þó þætta mier ilt, heldr hundeygður, og hræddumz dauða. Hinn háfætti hljóp fyrir munna holu; hafði stóran staf; stakk inn til mín.
‘There I cowered, though I thought it bad for me, rather dog-eyed, and feared death. The long-legged one ran before the mouths of the hole; he had a large stick; he jabbed [it] in at me.
[8] stakk: so Rask87ˣ, og stakk 603
[8] stakk ‘jabbed’: So Rask87ˣ. Og ‘and’ in the 603 reading (og stakk ‘and jabbed’) is extrametrical, but adopted by all earlier eds. Stakk is 3rd pers. sg. pret. indic. of the strong verb stinga ‘jab, stab’.