‘Heill komt, handar svella
hlynr!’ Kvaddi svá brynja.
‘Komt heill, hlynr svella handar!’ Svá kvaddi brynja.
‘Welcome, maple of ice-sheets of the hand [SILVER > MAN]!’ Thus was the greeting of the byrnie.
[1] svella handar ‘of ice-sheets of the hand [SILVER]’: For a comparable silver-kenning, see svell greipar ‘ice of the hand’ (Anon Stríðk l. 7).