Bekks lá eldr ok axla
ulfliðs Dǫnum miðli;
ek sá armhrauð þakka
eitt Skônunga hônum.
Eldr bekks lá miðli ulfliðs ok axla Dǫnum; ek sá Skônunga þakka hônum eitt armhrauð.
Fire of the stream [GOLD] lay between the wrist and shoulders of the Danes; I saw the Skánungar thank him for one arm-ring.
[4] Skônunga ‘the Skánungar’: The men of Skåne (ON Skáney, Skáni). This is best taken as acc. pl., object to sá ‘saw’ and subject to þakka ‘thank’. Skåne was a Danish province in the C11th, and the Skônungar are doubtless the Danir of l. 2; but it remains obscure why several men should thank hônum ‘him’ for the gift of a single arm-ring (eitt armhrauð).