Víst gleðr mik eitt, þótt vitir eigi,
jöfurr inn ógndjarfi, hvat um er at vera.
Munu systr mínar at nái gera
út á herskipum alla menn þína.
Víst gleðr mik eitt, inn ógndjarfi jöfurr, þótt vitir eigi, hvat um er at vera. Systr mínar munu gera alla menn þína at nái út á herskipum.
One thing certainly gladdens me, terror-bold prince, though you do not know how things stand. My sisters will turn all your men into corpses out on the warships.
[3] inn ógndjarfi jöfurr ‘terror-bold prince’: The same epithet, ógndjarfr ‘terror-bold’ or ‘battle-bold’ is often applied in a positive, approbatory sense to military leaders; cf. Sigv Lv 5/4I.