Ǫrn drekkr undarn;
ylgr fær af hræum sylg;
opt rýðr ulfr kjǫpt;
ari getr verð þar.
Ǫrn drekkr undarn; ylgr fær sylg af hræum; ulfr rýðr opt kjǫpt; ari getr verð þar.
The eagle drinks breakfast; the she-wolf gets a sip from corpses; the wolf often reddens its jaw; the eagle gets food there.
[1] ‑arn: ‑járn 744ˣ, ‘‑ranar’ C
[1] undarn ‘breakfast’: Lit. ‘time in between’ (cf. OE undern, OS undorn ‘morning’, OHG untarn ‘midday’; AEW: undorn). A certain time in the morning (probably 9 o’clock), and hence the meal taken at that time. The word is not common (see LP: undurn; Fritzner: undorn), and the readings of C and 744ˣ (B) suggest that the term was unfamiliar to some scribes. See also Vsp 6/9 (NK 2) undorn oc aptan ‘morning and evening’.