Heyja réð hjǫrþey
Hjalmarr vígsnarr;
auðar vôru óleið
ǫrbrjót geirmót.
Vekja frák vítt mjǫk*
vápnþing dǫgling;
fella spurðak fǫrsnjǫll
fira kyn víghlyn.
Vígsnarr Hjalmarr réð heyja hjǫrþey; geirmót vôru óleið ǫrbrjót auðar. Frák dǫgling vekja vápnþing mjǫk* vítt; spurðak víghlyn fella fǫrsnjǫll kyn fira.
Battle-swift Hjálmarr waged a sword-wind [BATTLE]; spear-meetings [BATTLES] were not unpleasant to the generous breaker of wealth [GENEROUS MAN]. I heard that the hero stirred up weapon-assemblies [BATTLES] very far and wide; I learned that the battle-maple [WARRIOR] killed attack-clever kin of men.
[1] Heyja: Hefja papp25ˣ, R683ˣ
[1] heyja ‘waged’: Lit. ‘wage’ (inf. with the pleonastic réð, 3rd pers. sg. pret. indic. of ráða). Earlier eds emend hefja ‘begin’ to heyja ‘wage’ to restore the missing skothending.