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].
[10] kleifar: ‘[…](ífar)’(?) 147, kleifa R702ˣ, LR, R693ˣ
[10] kleifar hjarna ‘the cliffs of the brain [SHOULDERS]’: This kenning, which Meissner 127 classifies as a head-kenning, is paralleled in RvHbreiðm Hl 40/3III háturnar hjarna ‘high towers of the brain [HEADS]’; cf. de Vries (1938, 722 n. 78). In the present context, the meaning ‘shoulders’ is more likely than ‘heads’, as blood is said to be flowing over the objects.
case: acc.
number: pl.