Grjótaldar ték gildi
geðreinar Þórsteini;
berg-Mœra glymr bára;
biðk lýða kyn hlýða.
Ték Þórsteini gildi geðreinar grjótaldar; bára berg-Mœra glymr; biðk kyn lýða hlýða.
I offer Þorsteinn the drink of the mind-land [BREAST] of the rock-people [GIANTS > POEM]; the wave of the mountain-Mœrir <people of Mœrr> [GIANTS > POEM] resounds; I ask the kindred of men [PEOPLE] to listen.
[3] berg‑Mœra: ‘ber[…]ra’ U
[3] bára berg-Mœra glymr ‘the wave of the mountain-Mœrir <people of Mœrr> [GIANTS > POEM] resounds’: The metaphor of the recitation of the poem as the rush of a wave of the mead of poetry is strongly reminiscent of the opening stanzas of Vellekla (Eskál Vell 1-4I).