Gengum fram í glam vápna,
konungsmenn kappi gnægðir.
Þar var Úlfr ok Erpr lítinn;
hjó ek brynjulauss báðum höndum.
Gengum fram í glam vápna, konungsmenn gnægðir kappi. Úlfr var þar ok Erpr lítinn; ek hjó brynjulauss báðum höndum.
We advanced in the clash of weapons, the king’s men endowed with vigour. Úlfr was there and Erpr lítinn (‘the Small’); I hewed without a mail-coat with both hands.
[4] kappi: kappa 590b‑cˣ
[4] kappi ‘with vigour’: The sole ms. has kappa but the dat. sg. of kapp n. ‘power, vigour’ is required rather than the dat. sg. of kappi m. ‘champion’.