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].
[7] rækyndill (‘rrekyndil’): ‘[…]dill’ 147, ‘Rakindil’ with ‘Rækindil’ in margin 6ˣ, ‘hrækindill’ R702ˣ, R693ˣ, ‘hraekindil’ LR
[7] rækyndill ‘the corpse-candle [SWORD]’: On the spelling ræ- (as opposed to hræ-), see first Note to st. 2/10, above. The kenning is paralleled in RvHbreiðm Hl 68/1III, where hjaldrkyndill ‘battle-torch [SWORD]’ occurs, cf. de Vries (1938, 722 n. 78); cf. also hrækerti ‘corpse-candle [SWORD]’ (HjǪ 7/3).
case: nom.