Bjarki átti hugarkorn hart;
herlið feldi Stǫrkuðr mart;
ekki var hann í hvíldum hœgr;
Hrómundr þótti garpr ok slœgr.
Ókat þeim né einn á bug;
Eljárnir var trúr at hug;
fílinn gat hann í fylking sótt;
fullstrǫng hefr sú mannraun þótt.
Bjarki átti hart hugarkorn; Stǫrkuðr feldi mart herlið; hann var ekki hœgr í hvíldum; Hrómundr þótti garpr ok slœgr. Né einn ókat þeim á bug; Eljárnir var trúr at hug; hann gat fílinn sótt í fylking; sú mannraun hefr þótt fullstrǫng.
Bjarki had a firm kernel of courage [HEART]; Starkaðr felled a great troop; he was not gentle in repose; Hrómundr seemed bold and cunning. No one made him give way; Eljárnir was loyal at heart; he conquered the elephant in the phalanx; that test of manhood seemed very tough.
[2] Stǫrkuðr ‘Starkaðr’: Starkaðr/Starcatherus (< Stark-hǫðr ‘strong-warrior’), a legendary hero and poet featured in numerous fornaldarsögur (e.g. Gautr, FSGJ 4, 1-50; Sǫgubrot af fornkonungum, ÍF 35, 63-8; Ásmundar saga kappabana, Detter 1891; Saxo 2005, I, 6-8, pp. 390-543; cf. Beowulf ll. 2024-69 and Beowulf 2008, 229-30). See Poole (2006, 147-52) and Starkaðr Stórvirksson’s Biography in SkP VIII.