‘Hjǫrtr drepr hana, hinns tvenna fimm
hvassa hausi hornkvistu berr.
En hafa kórónu kvistir fjórir,
en sex aðrir sjalfir verða
at vísundar verstum hornum.
‘Hjǫrtr drepr hana, hinns berr tvenna fimm hvassa hornkvistu hausi. En fjórir kvistir hafa kórónu, en sex aðrir verða sjalfir at verstum hornum vísundar.
‘A hart will slay her, he who bears twice five sharp antler-branches on his head. And four branches will have a crown while the other six for their part will turn into the worst horns of a bison.
[10] verstum ‘worst’: This adj. is introduced by Gunnlaugr and is perhaps mostly determined by metrical and alliterative requirements, since the horns of European bison are not specially long, though certainly sharp and capable of use as weapons (Stöcker and Dietrich 1996, 182).