Hnigin er helgrind, haugar opnaz,
allr er í eldi eybarmr at sjá.
Atalt er úti um at lítaz;
skyntu, mær, ef þú mátt, til skipa þinna.
Helgrind er hnigin, haugar opnaz, allr eybarmr er at sjá í eldi. Úti er atalt at lítaz um; skyntu, mær, ef þú mátt, til skipa þinna.
Hel’s gate is fallen, mounds open, one can see the whole island-edge on fire. Outside it is terrible to look around; hurry, girl, if you can, to your ships.
[4] ‑barmr: ‑grims 2845
[4] eybarmr ‘the island-edge’: See Note to GunnLeif Merl I 86/4, the only other occurrence of this cpd. Ms. 2845’s variant, gríms, cannot be satisfactorily construed in Old Norse.