Skal hann í helju hvíldar njóta
ok margskonar meina kenna.
Þá mun Sturlaugr inn starfsami
með góma kvern grafinn í stykki.
Hann skal njóta hvíldar í helju ok kenna margskonar meina. Sturlaugr inn starfsami mun þá grafinn í stykki með kvern góma.
He shall enjoy rest in Hel and experience many kinds of injuries. Then Sturlaugr inn starfsami (‘the Industrious’) will be torn to shreds with the hand-mill of the gums [TEETH].
[7] með kvern góma ‘with the hand-mill of the gums [TEETH]’: One of a relatively small number of skaldic kennings for the teeth (Meissner 133), often found with the determinant gómr ‘roof or floor of the mouth, gums’; cf. VSt Erf 1/3III sker góma ‘skerries of the gums’, Sturl Hákkv 29/3II gómsker ‘the gum-skerries’. Ms. 1006ˣ substitutes knífum ‘knives’ for kvern, and this is followed by FSN and FSGJ, although it makes the line unmetrical.