Hér liggr Hringr konungr hilmir Gauta
einráðastr allra manna.
Ætlar þú son þinn sjálfr at myrða;
þau munu fádæmi fréttaz víða.
Hér liggr Hringr konungr, hilmir Gauta, einráðastr allra manna. Þú ætlar sjálfr at myrða son þinn; þau fádæmi munu fréttaz víða.
Here lies King Hringr, ruler of the Gautar, the most stubborn of all men. You yourself intend to murder your son; these shocking events will be heard far and wide.
[2] Gauta ‘of the Gautar’: The Gautar (OSwed. Gøtar) or people from Götaland are the eponymous inhabitants of the Swedish heartland (OWN Gautland), as well as the areas of Västergötland and Östergötland, which were probably conquered c. 600 by the Svear. The tribal name is first attested by Procopius during the middle of the sixth century in the form Gautoí (Andersson 1998b).