‘Hann Kambríe kallar sveitir
ok Norðhumru nánar hjarðir.
Ok ótrautt Tems at þurru
drengs dolgþorins drekka lýðir.
‘Hann kallar sveitir Kambríe ok hjarðir nánar Norðhumru. Ok lýðir dolgþorins drengs drekka ótrautt Tems at þurru.
‘It will summon the bands of Cambria and the herds near Northumbria. And without reluctance the people of the battle-resolute warrior will drink the Thames dry.
[7] dolgþorins drengs ‘of the battle-resolute warrior’: Referring back to the serpent-king of II 46/1 (represented by hann ‘it’ in 47/1), with a characteristic rationalisation of the allegory on Gunnlaugr’s part; Merl 2012 unnecessarily posits some other antecedent.