Tveir váru þeir, tír*argjarnir,
Buðlanautar; nú er brotinn annarr.
Svá höfðu dvergar dauðir smíðat,
sem engi mun áðr né síðan.
Þeir váru tveir, tír*argjarnir, Buðlanautar; nú er annarr brotinn. Dvergar dauðir höfðu smíðat svá, sem engi mun áðr né síðan.
They were two, eager for fame, treasures of Buðli <legendary king>; now one is broken. Dwarfs [now] dead had forged [them] in such a way that no one could before or since.
[6] dauðir ‘[now] dead’: Skj B emends to Dáinsleif ‘Dáinn’s legacy’, the name of a sword forged by dwarfs, that belonged to the hero Hǫgni (SnE 1998, I, 72), while Kock (Skald; cf. FF §32) emends to dáðgir ‘dynamic’, but neither emendation has any ms. support.