Vát*r kom víst at rétta
vallfinnandi linna
— mærð era mjúklig orðin
mín — Víðblinda svíni.
Vát*r linna vallfinnandi kom víst at rétta svíni Víðblinda; mærð mín era orðin mjúklig.
The wet bestower of the field of serpents [(lit. ‘field-bestower of serpents’) GOLD > GENEROUS MAN] certainly came to hunt the swine of Víðblindi <giant> [WHALE]; my praise did not become smooth.
[2] vall‑: val‑ all
[2] linna vallfinnandi ‘bestower of the field of serpents [(lit. ‘field-bestower of serpents’) GOLD > GENEROUS MAN]’: The ms. reading val- ‘slain-’ makes no sense in the context, and the emendation follows Skj B and Skald.