Vitr þóttisk valkyrja; verar né óru þekkir
feimu inni framsóttu, es fugls rǫdd kunni.
Kvaddi in kverkhvíta ok in glæ*hvarma
Hymis hausreyti, es sat á horni of bjarga.
Valkyrja þóttisk vitr; verar né óru þekkir inni framsóttu feimu, es kunni rǫdd fugls. In kverkhvíta ok in glæ*hvarma kvaddi hausreyti Hymis, es sat á horni of bjarga.
The valkyrie thought herself wise; men were not pleasing to the aggressive maid, who understood the voice of the bird. The white-throated and the bright-eyelashed one greeted the skull-picker of Hymir <giant> [RAVEN], which sat on the edge of a cliff.