Enn sá ek fljúga öðru sinni:
skorinn línskauta ok skip Þráins,
járn ór afli, útleidda sál,
konu kjötnefnda fyr kvið neðan.
Enn sá ek fljúga öðru sinni: skorinn línskauta ok skip Þráins, járn ór afli, útleidda sál, kjötnefnda konu fyr neðan kvið.
Again I saw fly a second time: cut linen-square and Þráinn’s ship, iron from the forge, transcended soul, named flesh of a woman below the belly.
[4] skip Þráins ‘Þráinn’s ship’: In Njáls saga (Nj ch. 82, ÍF 12, 200), Þráinn Sigfússon is given a ship by Hákon jarl Sigurðsson in Trondheim (ON Þrándheimr) as a reward for killing the outlaw Kolr. The ship has an ornamental mast-head in the form of a vulture and is called Gammr ‘Vulture’. Cf. Þul Fugla 1/1.