Hervarðr, Hjörvarðr, Hrani, Angantýr,
svá sé yðr öllum innan rifja,
sem þér í maura mornið haugi,
nema sverð selið, þat er sló Dvalinn;
samira draugum dýr vápn fela.
Hervarðr, Hjörvarðr, Hrani, Angantýr, svá sé yðr öllum innan rifja, sem þér mornið í maurahaugi, nema selið sverð, þat er Dvalinn sló; samira draugum fela dýr vápn.
Hervarðr, Hjǫrvarðr, Hrani, Angantýr, may it be to you all within your ribs as if you rot in an anthill, unless you give [me] the sword, which Dvalinn forged; it is not fitting for revenants to hide precious weapons.
[2] Hrani Angantýr: so 2845, ‘rani angantyr’ Hb, ‘hrani og angantÿr’ R715ˣ
[1-2]: The repetition of these lines from Herv Lv 8 (Heiðr 26) is omitted by several eds, presumably in order to maintain an eight-line stanza, but fornyrðislag stanzas need not be a regular eight lines and the emendation would be against the evidence of all mss.