Farar snarar fylkir byrjar;
freka breka lemr á snekkjum;
vaka taka vísa rekkar;
viðar skriðar at þat biðja.
Svipa skipa sýjur hepnar
sǫmum þrǫmum í byr rǫmmum;
Haka skaka hrannir blǫkkum
hliðar; miðar und kjǫl niðri.
Fylkir byrjar snarar farar; lemr freka breka á snekkjum; rekkar vísa taka vaka; biðja skriðar viðar at þat. Hepnar sýjur skipa, sǫmum þrǫmum, svipa í rǫmmum byr; hrannir skaka hliðar blǫkkum Haka; miðar niðri und kjǫl.
The leader embarks on swift journeys; greedy breakers are knocked against the warships; the ruler’s warriors begin to keep watch; they ask for speed for the ship after that. The lucky rivetings of the ships, with suitable edges, speed on in the strong wind; waves shake the sides of Haki’s <sea-king’s> horses [SHIPS]; there is motion down below the keel.
[4] viðar: so W, U, added at the end of the stanza R
[3, 4] rekkar; viðar ‘warriors; for the ship’: The words were originally omitted in R, but a cross has been added after vísa ‘the ruler’s’ (l. 3). At the end of the stanza ‘reckar’ and ‘viþar’ was added following a similar cross (in the same hand as R?). — [4] viðar (m. gen. sg.) ‘for the ship’: Lit. ‘for the timber’. Taken here as pars pro toto for ‘ship’.