‘Eru laufviðar ljósum fjǫtri
takmǫrk gefin í tali ára.
Munat hann ríkja of in rǫmmu skǫp
né því inu fagra fróni ráða.
‘Takmǫrk eru gefin ljósum fjǫtri laufviðar í tali ára. Hann munat ríkja of in rǫmmu skǫp né ráða því inu fagra fróni.
‘Limits are set to the white fetter of the leafy tree [SNAKE] as to number of years. He will not govern the mighty fates nor rule that fair land.
[1-2] ljósum fjǫtri laufviðar ‘to the white fetter of the leafy tree [SNAKE]’: The determinant of this snake-kenning belongs to a miscellaneous group that refers to the environment in which the snake lives, here the woods (cf. Meissner 115 and the similar snake-kenning in I 44/4).