‘Halda þeir sunnan of svalan ægi
Bretlands á vit; búask til rómu.
En refr hinig með rekka lið
ferr fráliga fold at verja.
‘Þeir halda sunnan of svalan ægi á vit Bretlands; búask til rómu. En refr ferr fráliga hinig at verja fold með lið rekka.
‘They will hold their course from the south across the cold sea towards Wales; they will prepare for battle. But the fox will go there swiftly to defend the land with a band of men.
[3] á vit Bretlands ‘towards Wales’: Although Bretland otherwise refers to the whole of Britain, in this case it is likely to refer specifically to Wales, as the army is said to be coming from the south across the sea.