Þat mun ek segja seggjum várum,
at görla mun farit gamanferðum.
Skulu ei skatnar til skips fara,
þvíat nú eru blæjur á blik komnar.
Þat mun ek segja seggjum várum, at görla mun farit gamanferðum. Skatnar skulu ei fara til skips, þvíat blæjur eru nú komnar á blik.
I will tell that to our [my] warriors, that pleasure trips will be completely out of bounds. Men must not go to the ship, because bed-sheets have now been placed on the bleaching ground.
[7] þvíat: því all
[7] þvíat ‘because’: For the common loss of at after svá ‘so that’, þó ‘although’ and því ‘because’ in the C14th, see NS §265, Anm. 2b.