Hrutu fyr borð bæði
— brustu herklæði —
hǫfuð ok hendr manna;
hræ nam vargr kanna.
Bæði hǫfuð ok hendr manna hrutu fyr borð; herklæði brustu; vargr nam kanna hræ.
Both heads and hands of men flew overboard; war-garments [ARMOUR] burst; the wolf started to search corpses.
[4] nam: munn Bb
[4] nam kanna ‘started to search’: Nam could alternatively be taken as an auxiliary verb without independent meaning.