Margr ríss, en drífr dorgar
dynstrǫnd í svig lǫndum,
(spend verða stǫg stundum)
stirðr keipr (fira greipum).
Margr stirðr keipr ríss, en dynstrǫnd dorgar drífr í svig lǫndum; stǫg verða stundum spend greipum fira.
Many a firm rowlock lifts, and the roaring beach of the trolling-line [SEA] surges into the bays of the lands; the stays are at times strained in men’s grips.
[4] keipr: so Tˣ, W, 744ˣ, ‘sceipr’ R, ‘kipr’ U
[4] stirðr keipr ‘firm rowlock’: During rowing the oars rested in crescent-shaped wooden pieces inserted into the top strake (see Falk 1912, 70; Jesch 2001a, 155). It is not quite clear how these could be ‘lifted’, but here it seems to denote the oars themselves being lifted in the rowlocks.