Hræljóma fellr hrími; tími
hár vex of gram sára ára;
frost nemr of hlyn Hristar Mistar
herkaldan þrǫm skjaldar aldar.
Gullsendir brýtr grundar Hrundar
gunnveggs stǫfum leggi hreggi;
sóknvallar spyrk svelli elli
— svá skotnar þat — gotna þrotna.
Hrími hræljóma fellr; hár tími ára sára vex of gram; frost Mistar nemr herkaldan þrǫm skjaldar aldar of hlyn Hristar. Gullsendir brýtr leggi stǫfum gunnveggs hreggi grundar Hrundar; spyrk elli gotna þrotna svelli sóknvallar; svá skotnar þat.
The hostility of the corpse-gleam [SWORD > BATTLE] approaches; the opportune time of oars of wounds [SWORDS > BATTLE] increases around the ruler; the frost of Mist <valkyrie> [SWORD] hits the mightily cold rim of the shield of the men around the maple of Hrist <valkyrie> [WARRIOR]. The gold-dispenser [GENEROUS MAN] breaks the legs of staves of the battle-wall [SHIELD > WARRIORS] during the storm of the ground of Hrund <valkyrie> [SHIELD > BATTLE]; I hear that people’s old age is cut short by the ice-sheet of the attack-meadow [SHIELD > SWORD]; thus it turns out.
[8] þrotna: ‘[…]a’ Tˣ
[8] þrotna ‘is cut short’: It is unclear whether þrotna is an inf. ‘come to an end, be prevented’ or f. acc. sg. of the p. p. of þrjóta ‘be deprived of’ (spyrk gotna þrotna elli svelli sóknvallar ‘I hear that men are deprived of old age by the sword’).