Varkak … und forsum;
fórk aldrigi at gǫldrum;
hefkak …
…
Ǫllungis namk eigi
Yggjar feng und hanga
…
fleinstríðir mér óðar.
Varkak … und forsum; fórk aldrigi at gǫldrum; hefkak … . Namk ǫllungis eigi feng Yggjar und hanga … fleinstríðir mér óðar.
I was not … under waterfalls; I never engaged in enchantments; I have not … . I did not at all learn the booty of Yggr <= Óðinn> [POETRY] under the hanged one … arrow-harmer [WARRIOR] … to me … of the poem …
[2] fórk aldrigi at gǫldrum ‘I never engaged in enchantments’: Aldrigi ‘never’ is abbreviated in the ms. Expanding to aldrigi produces a metrically regular Type D-line, with elision in position 4, whereas the shorter alternative aldri would be irregular (cf. LP: aldrigi, aldri).