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.
[7] hagligr: hógligr 471
[7] hagligr ‘pleasant’: The alternative reading of 471, hógligr ‘easy, gentle’, is also possible here.