Svá skaut gegn í gǫgnum
garð steinfarinn barða
— sá vas gnýstœrir geira
gunnar hæfr — sem næfrar.
Gegn skaut í gǫgnum steinfarinn garð barða svá sem næfrar; sá geira gnýstœrir vas hæfr gunnar.
The capable one shot through the painted fence of the ship [SHIELD] as though [it were] birch-bark; that increaser of the din of spears [(lit. ‘din-increaser of spears’) BATTLE > WARRIOR] was able in battle.
[4] næfrar: ‘[…]’ U
[4] næfrar (f. pl.) ‘birch-bark’: The noun næfr ‘birch-bark’ is usually attested in the pl. form.