Sæk þú Snarvendil; sigr mun honum fylgja,
hoskr, ef þú, hilmir, vilt þér í hendi bera.
Koss vil ek af þér klénan þiggja;
þá muntu mímung mér ór hendi fá.
Sæk þú Snarvendil; sigr mun fylgja honum, ef þú, hoskr hilmir, vilt bera í hendi þér. Ek vil þiggja klénan koss af þér; þá muntu fá mímung ór hendi mér.
Take Snarvendill; victory will follow it, if you, wise prince, want to carry it in your hand. I want to get a nice kiss from you; then you will get the sword from my hand.
[1] Snarvendil ‘Snarvendill’: A sword-name, similar in form to that of another legendary sword, Dragvendill (or Dragvandill), owned by Ketill hœngr ‘Salmon’ (see Ket 36/1 and Note, Þul Sverða 1/4III). The first element of the cpd, snarr-, lit. ‘hard-twisted’ is used metaphorically to mean ‘swift’, ‘keen’ or ‘sharp’. On the possible meanings of the second element -vendill, see Falk (1914b, 63).