Ek vígi svá virða dauða,
at þér skuluð allir liggja
dauðir með draugum, í dys fúnir.
Sel mér, Angantýr, út ór haugi
hlífum hættan, Hjálmars bana.
Ek vígi dauða virða svá, at þér skuluð allir liggja dauðir með draugum, fúnir í dys. Sel mér, Angantýr, út ór haugi, bana Hjálmars, hættan hlífum.
I curse dead noblemen, so that you will all lie dead with the revenants, rotten in the cairn. Give me, Angantýr, out from the mound, the slayer of Hjálmarr [= Tyrfingr], dangerous to shields.
[10] bana Hjálmars ‘the slayer of Hjálmarr [= Tyrfingr]’: Hjálmarr inn hugumstóri ‘the Great-minded’ is Hjǫrvarðr’s rival for the hand of Ingibjǫrg, daughter of the king of Sweden. Hjǫrvarðr challenges Hjálmarr to the duel which results in both of their deaths, as well as those of the other sons of Arngrímr. Just before his death Hjálmarr recites his so-called ‘death-song’, Hjálm Lv 4-19 (Ǫrv 14-29). The first seven stanzas of this also appear in Heiðr (Heiðr 6-12), but in the present edition are edited with the poetry from Ǫrv. The kenning is also used in Heiðr 39/2 and 45/2.
case: acc.