Hjuggu vér með hjörvi.
Haldorða sá ek brytja
ekki smátt fyr úlfa
Endils niðja bröndum.
Varat á Víkarskeiði,
sem vín konur bæri;
roðinn var Ægis asni
ófár í dyn geira.
Skorin var Sköglar kápa
at skjöldunga hjaldri.
Hjuggu vér með hjörvi. Ek sá haldorða niðja Endils brytja ekki smátt fyr úlfa bröndum. Varat á Víkarskeiði, sem konur bæri vín; ófár asni Ægis var roðinn í dyn geira. Kápa Sköglar var skorin at hjaldri skjöldunga.
We hewed with the sword. I saw the trusty kinsmen of Endill <sea-king> [SEAFARERS] chop up [helpings] of no small size for wolves with swords. On Víkarskeið it was not as if women were serving wine; not a few asses of Ægir <sea-giant> [SHIPS] were emptied in the din of spears [BATTLE]. The cloak of Skögul <valkyrie> [MAIL-COAT] was cut in the conflict of shield-bearers [BATTLE].
[2-3] brytja ekki smátt fyr úlfa ‘chop up [helpings] of no small size for wolves’: Lit. ‘chop up [food, especially meat] not finely for wolves’. De Vries (1938, 722 n. 78) lists the phrase as an instance of the influence on Krm of RvHbreiðm Hl 46/6III, where the phrase brytjar vargi mat ‘cuts food for the wolf’ occurs.