Hausa beit hjalm-Týs
hjaldrliðr allstiðr;
sundra nam snarbeind*
sverðs egg manns legg.
Veita réð vellbrjótr
valgjóð hræflóð;
haukum vas hjǫrleiks
hjaldrmôs gefin krôs.
Allstiðr hjaldrliðr hjalm-Týs beit hausa; snarbeind* egg sverðs nam sundra legg manns. Vellbrjótr réð veita valgjóð hræflóð; krôs hjaldrmôs vas gefin haukum hjǫrleiks.
The thoroughly stiff battle-snake [SWORD] of the helmet-Týr <god> [WARRIOR] bit skulls; the powerfully straightened edge of the sword sundered a man’s leg. The gold-breaker [GENEROUS MAN] gave carrion-flood [BLOOD] to the corpse-buzzard [RAVEN/EAGLE]; the morsel of the battle-gull [RAVEN/EAGLE > CORPSES] was given to hawks of sword-play [BATTLE > RAVENS/EAGLES].
[3] ‑beind*: ‑beindr papp25ˣ, R683ˣ
[3] snarbeind* (m. acc. sg.) ‘powerfully straightened’: The ms. reading snarbeindr m. nom. sg. is syntactically incorrect (the adj. qualifies egg f. nom. sg. ‘edge’, l. 4). For the possible inorganic final ‑r in the mss, see Note to st. 8/4.