Elta ek ásu ørhjartaða tvá,
sem fyr úlfi örg geit rynni.
Illr er Óðinn at eingavin;
skuluð eigi ér skratta blóta.
Ek elta tvá ørhjartaða ásu, sem örg geit rynni fyr úlfi. Óðinn er illr at eingavin; ér skuluð eigi blóta skratta.
I chased the two dispirited gods just as a timid nanny goat runs before a wolf. Óðinn is evil as an intimate friend; you should not worship demons with sacrifice.
[4] örg geit ‘a timid nanny goat’: The word order örg geit has been reversed from the mss’ geit örg in order to produce a metrical line. An insult of a well-known type, in which male beings are compared to female animals; cf. Meulegracht Sørensen (1983, 16-20).