Haraldr kunni gný gerva
— glaðr vas hrafn fyr Jaðri —
— þars svát víg á vági
vargs gráðtapaðr háði,
þvít við hodda hneiti
hvatráðan burr Kjǫtva
barðisk Bokks í firði —
bendags inn hárfagri.
Haraldr inn hárfagri kunni gerva gný bendags; hrafn vas glaðr fyr Jaðri, þars svát gráðtapaðr vargs háði víg á vági, þvít burr Kjǫtva barðisk í Bokksfirði við hvatráðan hneiti hodda.
Haraldr inn hárfagri (‘the Fair-haired’) could create clamour of the wound-daylight [SWORD > BATTLE]; the raven was cheerful off Jæren, there where the greed-terminator [FEEDER] of the wolf [WARRIOR] held a battle in the bay, because the son of Kjǫtvi [= Þórir] fought in the Billy-goat’s fjord against the quick-witted cutter of treasures [GENEROUS MAN].
[7] Bokks (‘Bocx’): so R683ˣ, ‘boex’ papp25ˣ
[7] í Bokksfirði ‘in the Billy-goat’s fjord’: This is an onomastic pun on Hafrsfjǫrðr ‘Hafrsfjorden’ (bokkr ‘billy-goat’ = hafr ‘billy-goat’) in Norway, the location of Haraldr’s epic battle (see Note to Þhorn Harkv 7/1I). Hafrsfjorden is located northwest of Stavanger, Rogaland, on the south-western coast of Norway.