Hjuggu vér með hjörvi.
Hátt grenjuðu rottar,
áðr en á Ullarakri
Eysteinn konungr felli.
Gengum gulli fáðir
grundar vals af bröndum
— rækyndill smaug rauðar
rítr — at hjálma móti.
Svíra virtr ór sárum
sveif of hjarna kleifar.
Hjuggu vér með hjörvi. Rottar grenjuðu hátt, áðr en Eysteinn konungr felli á Ullarakri. Gengum, fáðir gulli af bröndum grundar vals, at móti hjálma; rækyndill smaug rauðar rítr. Virtr svíra sveif ór sárum of kleifar hjarna.
We hewed with the sword. Swords roared loudly before King Eysteinn fell at Ullarakr. We proceeded to a meeting of helmets [BATTLE], decked with gold from the flames of the landing place of the falcon [ARM > GOLD RINGS]; the corpse-candle [SWORD] penetrated red shields. The wort of the neck [BLOOD] flowed from wounds over the cliffs of the brain [SHOULDERS].
[3] en: om. 6ˣ, R702ˣ, LR, R693ˣ
[3] áðr en ‘before’: All previous eds from Wisén (1886-9) onwards omit the particle en here following áðr, presumably for metrical reasons. Cf. Note to st. 5/2, 3 above.