Úlfs bága verr ægis
ítrbáls hati málu;
sett eru bǫrð fyr bratta
brún Míms vinar rúnu.
Orms váða kann eiðu
allvaldr gǫfugr halda;
menstríðir, njót móður
mellu dólgs til elli.
Hati ítrbáls ægis verr málu bága úlfs; bǫrð eru sett fyr bratta brún rúnu vinar Míms. Gǫfugr allvaldr kann halda eiðu váða orms; menstríðir, njót móður dólgs mellu til elli.
The hater of the precious pyre of the sea [GOLD > GENEROUS MAN] defends the wife of the wolf’s enemy [= Óðinn > = Jǫrð (jǫrð ‘earth’)]; prows are placed before the steep edge of the confidante of Mímir’s <mythical being’s> friend [= Óðinn > = Jǫrð (jǫrð ‘earth’)]. The glorious mighty ruler can hold the mother of the serpent’s harmer [= Þórr > = Jǫrð (jǫrð ‘earth’)]; necklace-destroyer [GENEROUS MAN], enjoy the mother of the giantess’s enemy [= Þórr > = Jǫrð (jǫrð ‘earth’)] until old age.
[5] váða orms ‘of the serpent’s harmer [= Þórr]’: The serpent is Miðgarðsormr ‘the World’s Serpent’, another of Loki’s children (see Note to l. 1 above). At ragnarǫk, Miðgarðsormr will fight with Þórr and they will kill each other (see Vsp 55H-56; SnE 2005, 50, 52).
case: gen.