Samþykkjar fremr søkkum
snar-Baldr hjarar aldir;
gunnhættir kann Grotta
glaðdript hraða skipta.
Féstríðir kná Fróða
friðbygg liði tryggva;
fjǫlvinjat hylr Fenju
falr meldr alinveldi.
Snar-Baldr hjarar fremr aldir søkkum samþykkjar; gunnhættir kann skipta glaðdript Grotta hraða. Féstríðir kná tryggva liði friðbygg Fróða; falr meldr Fenju hylr fjǫlvinjat alinveldi.
The bold Baldr <god> of the sword [WARRIOR] promotes people with treasures of accord; the battle-darer [WARRIOR] distributes the cheerful snowdrift of Grotti <hand-mill> [GOLD] quickly. The money-fighter [GENEROUS MAN] secures the peace-barley of Fróði <legendary king> [GOLD] for the troop; the marketable flour of Fenja <giantess> [GOLD] covers the many-meadowed elbow-realm [HAND].
[2] snar-Baldr ‘the bold Baldr <god>’: So all mss. All earlier eds render the cpd as an adj. plus a noun, snarr Baldr ‘the bold Baldr’. In view of all the compounds in which snar- forms the first element (see LP), that emendation is unnecessary.