‘Hef eg oftliga óþarfr verið
bændafólki í bygð þessi,
skoðað jafnliga skreið í hjöllum,
riklinga rár og rafabelti.
‘Eg hef oftliga verið óþarfr bændafólki í þessi bygð, jafnliga skoðað skreið í hjöllum, rár riklinga og rafabelti.
‘I’ve frequently been destructive to the farming population in this settlement, regularly eyed stockfish in the racks, the stakes with dried flesh of halibut and their fattest strips.
[7] riklinga rár: rikling allan Rask87ˣ
[7] rár riklinga ‘the stakes with dried flesh of halibut’: Riklingr (or reklingr) is flesh on the side of the halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus), which has been cut into strips and air-dried (see Fritzner: reklingr and AEW: reklingr). The Rask87ˣ variant of this line, rikling allan ‘all the dried flesh of halibut’, is also possible.