‘Líðr nauðr yfir naðr inn hvíta;
es hans kyn kvalit ok konur ristnar.
Ræntr es hann borgum ok búi mǫrgu,
fé hvers konar, foldu grœnni;
eru grimmliga gumnar drepnir.
‘Nauðr líðr yfir inn hvíta naðr; kyn hans es kvalit ok konur ristnar. Hann es ræntr borgum ok mǫrgu búi, fé hvers konar, grœnni foldu; gumnar eru grimmliga drepnir.
‘Hardship will overwhelm the white snake; his kindred will be tormented and his women lacerated. He will be robbed of cities and many an estate, property of every kind, the green land; men will be slaughtered savagely.