Kóðuz fjallbúar flytja mundu
oss ór eyju, nema út* færim.
Þótti ei rekkum rómr at heyra
hagligr, sá er var hraunskjöldunga.
Fjallbúar kóðuz mundu flytja oss ór eyju, nema færim út*. Rómr, sá er var hraunskjöldunga, þótti ei rekkum hagligr at heyra.
The mountain dwellers [GIANTS] said they would move us off the island, unless we went away. The voice that belonged to the rock-princes [GIANTS] did not seem to the men pleasant to hear.
[5] ei: so 173ˣ, eigi 343a, 471
[5] þótti ei ‘did not seem’: All earlier eds emend to þóttit ‘did not seem’, with suffixed negative ‑(a)t, in order to gain metrical regularity, but regularity can be achieved by adopting 173ˣ’s reading ei rather than the other mss’ eigi.