‘“Kom Kambría með Kornbretum,
seg Vintóni: ‘Vǫllr þik gleypir.
Fœr hirðis sjǫt hinig, es leggja
lung at láði; munu liðir allir
hǫfði fylgja; þats hjǫlp guma.’
‘“Kom Kambría með Kornbretum, seg Vintóni: ‘Vǫllr gleypir þik. Fœr sjǫt hirðis hinig, es lung leggja at láði; allir liðir munu fylgja hǫfði; þats hjǫlp guma.’
‘“Come Cambria, along with the Cornish Britons, say to Winchester: ‘The plain will swallow you up. Move the shepherd’s settlement here, where ships make for the land; all limbs will follow the head; that is the salvation of men.’
[5] hirðis ‘the shepherd’s’: Rendering Lat. pastoris ‘of the shepherd’, a standard expression for ‘bishop’ (Smalley 1973, 34). See I 59 Note to [All].