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].
[5] Veita: ‘Weitta’ papp25ˣ, ‘veitta’ R683ˣ
[5] veita ‘gave’: Lit. ‘give’ (inf. with pleonastic réð ‘did’). For the ms. spelling <tt> for <t>, see Note to st. 4/3.