Mér réð senda of svalan ægi
Vǫlsunga niðr vápn gollbúit.
Niðr Vǫlsunga réð senda mér gollbúit vápn of svalan ægi.
The descendant of the Vǫlsungar <legendary family> [RULER] sent me a gold-adorned weapon across the cool sea.
[4] gollbúit: so Tˣ, U, A, B, gollbúinn R, gollbúin C
[4] gollbúit (n. acc. sg.) ‘a gold-adorned’: The R reading gollbúinn m. nom. sg. ‘gold-adorned’ can only qualify niðr m. nom. sg. ‘descendant’, which is unlikely. Gollbúin n. acc. pl. (so C) provides the reading gollbúin vôpn ‘gold-adorned weapons’. For weapons decorated with gold, see ESk Øxfl and Introduction to that poem.