Herfanga bauð Hringi
hjaldr einskǫpuðr galdra
— Gautr hvatti þrym þreyta
þann — ok Hilditanni.
Oflengi veldr yngva
ósætt, en vel mætti
herstefnandi hafna
hans dóm, Vǫlundr rómu.
Einskǫpuðr galdra herfanga bauð Hringi ok Hilditanni hjaldr; Gautr hvatti þreyta þann þrym. Oflengi veldr Vǫlundr rómu ósætt yngva, en herstefnandi mætti vel hafna dóm hans.
The one creator of incantations of army-tunics [BYRNIES > BATTLES > = Óðinn] ordered Hringr (‘Ring’) and Hilditǫnn (‘War-tooth’) to fight; Gautr <= Óðinn> incited [them] to prolong that clash. For too long the Vǫlundr <legendary smith> of strife [WARRIOR = Gautr Jónsson] has caused the rulers’ conflict, and the army-summoner [RULER = Hákon] would do well to reject his judgement.
[5] yngva: yngvi 81a, ‘ungva’ 8
[5] yngva ‘the rulers’’: Yngvi is a heiti for ‘sea-king’ and the name of various legendary persons (see Introduction to Þjóð YtI and Note to Þul Sea-kings 4/8). In the present stanza, the rulers referred to must be Hákon Hákonarson and Skúli Bárðarson.