Sjólfr, vartu eigi Sámseyju í,
þar er við Hjörvarð höggum skiptum.
Tveir váru vit, en þeir tólf saman;
sigr hafða ek; saztu kyrr meðan.
Sjólfr, vartu eigi í Sámseyju, þar er skiptum höggum við Hjörvarð. Váru vit tveir, en þeir tólf saman; ek hafða sigr; saztu kyrr meðan.
Sjólfr, you were not on Samsø, where we exchanged blows with Hjǫrvarðr. We were two, but they [were] twelve together; I had the victory; you stayed quiet in the meanwhile.
[5] váru vit tveir ‘we were two’: For the loss of final ‑m in váru[m], see Note to Ǫrv 50/1. Oddr refers here to himself and Hjálmarr, who opposed the twelve berserk brothers.