Váru hoskir á herskipum
frændr mínir tveir at forráði.
Vildu hásetar hoskir eignaz
tak, þat er áttu Tyrfifinnar.
Mínir tveir frændr váru hoskir at forráði á herskipum. Hoskir hásetar vildu eignaz tak, þat er Tyrfifinnar áttu.
My two kinsmen were wise in their captaincy on the warships. The wise oarsmen wanted to get their hands on the possessions that the Ter-Saami owned.
[7] tak ‘the possessions’: Tak is the legal term for chattels or moveable possessions (cf. Fritzner: tak 2; CVC: tak II), deriving from the noun’s lit. sense of ‘taking (hold), grasp’.