Unz Víkarr kom frá vita innan,
gísl Herþjófs, gekk inn í sal.
Hann kendi mik, hann kvaddi mik
upp at standa ok andsvara.
Unz Víkarr, gísl Herþjófs, kom frá vita innan, gekk inn í sal. Hann kendi mik, hann kvaddi mik at standa upp ok andsvara.
Until Víkarr, the hostage of Herþjófr, came from inside the beacon, went into the hall. He recognised me, he called on me to get up and answer.
[2] frá vita innan ‘from inside the beacon’: In the prose text immediately preceding Gautr 13-15 it is stated that Víkarr had been put in charge of warning beacons (in which fires could be lit) on Fenhring. Skj B and Skald understand Viti as a p. n. in the west of Norway (cf. LP: viti 3).