Knútr hefr okkr inn ítri
alldáðgǫfugr bôðum
hendr, es hilmi fundum,
Húnn, skrautliga búnar.
Þér gaf hann mǫrk eða meira
margvitr ok hjǫr bitran
golls — ræðr gǫrva ǫllu
goð sjalfr — en mér halfa.
Inn ítri Knútr, alldáðgǫfugr, hefr búnar hendr okkr bôðum skrautliga, Húnn, es fundum hilmi. Þér gaf hann margvitr mǫrk eða meira golls ok bitran hjǫr, en mér halfa; goð sjalfr ræðr ǫllu gǫrva.
The excellent Knútr, highly renowned for deeds, has adorned both our arms splendidly, Húnn (‘Bear-Cub’) [Bersi], when we met the ruler. To you he, wise in many ways, gave a mark or more of gold and a sharp sword, and to me half [a mark]; God himself decides everything completely.
[4] Húnn: so 73aˣ, Tóm, hún Kˣ, Holm2, 325V, J2ˣ, Holm4, 325VII, Bb, Flat, 325XI 2 g, húns 325VI, 68, 61, JÓ, 873ˣ, 20dˣ, 41ˣ, 20i 23ˣ
[4] Húnn ‘Húnn (“Bear-Cub”) [Bersi]’: Bersi Skáld-Torfuson (Bersi; see skald Biography). He is here referred to by ofljóst, since both húnn and bersi are common nouns for ‘bear’, the former particularly meaning ‘bear-cub’ (LP: 1. húnn 1).