Serk um frák ór silki
í sex stöðum görvan;
ermr á Íralandi
önnur norðr með Finnum.
Slógu Saxa meyjar,
en suðreyskar spunnu;
váfu valskar drósir;
varp Óþjóðans móðir.
Um frák serk ór silki görvan í sex stöðum; ermr á Íralandi, önnur norðr með Finnum. Saxa meyjar slógu, en suðreyskar spunnu; valskar drósir váfu; móðir Óþjóðans varp.
I have heard of a silken shirt made in six places; a sleeve in Ireland, another north among the Saami. Maidens of the Saxons struck [the weft], and Hebrideans spun; southern women wove; Óþjóðann’s mother cast [the warp].
[8] varp: en varp 173ˣ
[8] varp ‘cast [the warp]’: Lit. ‘threw’. Here the reference is probably to the action of casting the weft, the threads that cross from side to side of a web on the warp-weighted loom, at right angles to the warp threads with which they are interwoven. Cf. a similar use of the verb verpa in the context of weaving in Anon Darr 1/1, 2/1V(Nj 53, 54).