Kveðkat ek þik, mær ung, mönnum líka,
er þú um hauga hvarfar á nóttum
gröfnum geiri ok með Gota málmi,
hjálmi ok með brynju, fyrir hallar dyrr.
Ek kveðkat þik, ung mær, líka mönnum, er þú hvarfar um hauga á nóttum gröfnum geiri ok með málmi Gota, hjálmi ok með brynju, fyrir dyrr hallar.
I would not declare you, young girl, [to be] like humans, when you wander around the mounds at night, with engraved spear and with the metal of the Goths, with helmet and with mail-shirt, before the doors of the hall.
[6] málmi Gota ‘the metal of the Goths’: Málmr can be used to denote ‘sword’ in particular (LP) and is used as a heiti for ‘sword’ in Þul Sverða 3/5III. It can also denote weapons or armour more generally, as would fit the context here. Hervǫr is of Gothic descent on her father’s side, and is hence equipped with her ancestral possessions.