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.
[6] mornið ‘rot’: The verb morna has few recorded examples in either poetry or prose. In prose it features in the phrase morna ok þorna, perhaps ‘wither and dry out’ (CVC: morna; cf. Fritzner: þorna). The only other poetic examples are Oddrgr 32/4 and Skí 31/5. Possibly derived from morkna ‘rot’, with loss of medial ‘k’ (AEW: morna 2; LP (1860), Fritzner: morna).