Svalg áttbogi ylgjar
ógóðr, en varð blóði
grœðir grœnn at rauðum,
grandauknum ná, blandinn.
Ógóðr áttbogi ylgjar svalg grandauknum ná, en grœnn grœðir, blandinn blóði, varð at rauðum.
The evil offspring of the she-wolf [WOLF] swallowed a wound-swollen corpse, and the green surge, mingled with blood, turned to red.
[3] at: af C
[2, 3] varð at rauðum ‘turned to red’: The variant varð rather than var ‘was’ is needed to produce the construction verða at plus dat. adj. in the sense ‘turn to, become’; cf. Arn Þorfdr 24/1II Bjǫrt verðr sól at svartri ‘The bright sun will turn to black’.