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.
[8] skratta: so 7, skrattan 344a, 343a, 471
[8] skratta ‘demons’: The noun skratti also means ‘sorcerer, monster’, but it is likely to have a demonic sense here, in line with the common medieval Christian view that the pagan gods were manifestations of Satan.