‘Mun bjarnígull borg upp gera;
smíðar hæsta hǫll landreki.
Hana mun remma ríkr oddviti
fimm hundruðum fagra turna.
‘Bjarnígull mun gera upp borg; landreki smíðar hæsta hǫll. Ríkr oddviti mun remma hana fimm hundruðum fagra turna.
‘A hedgehog will restore the city; the ruler will build the highest hall. The mighty leader will strengthen it with five hundred fine towers.
[7] fimm hundruðum ‘with five hundred’: No doubt Gunnlaugr’s copy-text had .d. ‘500’, not .dc. ‘600’, parallel to ms. H of the First Variant Version (Wright 1988, 108) but most probably through coincident error, as arises frequently with numerals.