Drekka í höllu húskarlar mjöð,
menjum göfgir at míns föður.
Mæðir marga mungát fira,
en mik eggja spor í ey þjá.
Húskarlar drekka mjöð í höllu, göfgir menjum at míns föður. Mungát mæðir marga fira, en spor eggja þjá mik í ey.
Retainers are drinking mead in the hall, splendid with jewels at my father’s [court]. Beer exhausts many men, but the marks of the sword blades enslave me on the island.
[3] menjum göfgir: ‘meyjum giaddir’ R715ˣ, öl glaðiga 344a, 343a, 471, 173ˣ
[3] göfgir menjum ‘splendid with jewels’: The same phrase occurs in Sigsk 67/4 (NK 218) and Hyndl 13/2 (NK 290).