Hlæja rekkar, er mik sjá,
ljótan skolt, langa trjónu,
hangar tjálgur, hár úlfgrátt,
hrjúfan háls, húð jótraða.
Rekkar, er sjá mik, hlæja ljótan skolt, langa trjónu, hangar tjálgur, úlfgrátt hár, hrjúfan háls, jótraða húð.
Men who see me laugh at [my] ugly snout, long muzzle, dangling branches, wolf-grey hair, scabby neck, scarred skin.
[5] hangar: haugar 590b‑cˣ
[5] hangar tjálgur ‘dangling branches’: On the likely implications of the word tjálgur ‘branches’, see Vík 5/2 (Gautr 13) and Note. The proposed adj. hangar ‘dangling’ (from *hangr ‘hanging down’, not otherwise attested) is an emendation of the ms.’s haugar ‘mounds’ which does not make sense in context. It was first proposed in FSN and has been adopted by all subsequent eds.