Spurðak hraustan
…
þanns linns legu
lesti festi.
Lét opt jǫfurr
†ar† …
… sveita
saddan gladdan.
Spurðak hraustan … þanns lesti legu linns … festi. Jǫfurr lét opt †ar† … sveita gladdan saddan.
I heard that the brave … who injured the lair of the snake [GOLD] … fastened. The prince often made … … of blood gladdened, sated.
[5] jǫfurr: jǫfur papp25ˣ, R683ˣ
[5] jǫfurr (m. nom. sg.) ‘the prince’: Jǫfur (m. acc. sg.) ‘prince’ has been emended to the nom. to provide the missing subject. The emendation is in keeping with earlier eds. For the possible loss of final ‑r, see Note to st. 5/2.