Folk ok fylki, fundr, almenning;
nú es þrǫng ok þyss, þorp, auðskatar,
drótt ok syrvar, dúnn, prýðimenn,
sǫgn ok samnaðr, seta, stertimenn,
fjǫrr ok brjónar.
Folk ok fylki, fundr, almenning; nú es þrǫng ok þyss, þorp, auðskatar, drótt ok syrvar, dúnn, prýðimenn, sǫgn ok samnaðr, seta, stertimenn, fjǫrr ok brjónar.
Folk and county, assembly, the public; now there is throng and crowd, bunch, wealth-skatar, retinue and warriors, band, splendid men, crew and gathering, garrison, finely dressed men, being and brjónar.
[5] syrvar: ‘sví[…]’ B, ‘suírar’ 744ˣ
[5] syrvar ‘warriors’: This is a variant of sǫrvar, the pl. form of Sǫrvi (lit. ‘armed one’; cf. OE sierwan ‘equip, arm’), which is the name of a sea-king (Þul Sækonunga 5/6). The word is found only in poetry.