Hér flýgr hverjan morgin
hress um borgir þessar
(læz heill munu af hungri)
heiðar valr (of deyja).
Hann fari suðr um sanda
ok sé, hvar vér létum
(þar fær hann dauðs manns) dreyra
(dögg) ór skýlihöggum.
Valr heiðar flýgr hér hverjan morgin hress um þessar borgir; heill læz munu of deyja af hungri. Fari hann suðr um sanda ok sé, hvar vér létum dreyra ór skýlihöggum; þar fær hann dögg dauðs manns.
A falcon of the heath [RAVEN/EAGLE] flies here every morning, full of life, around these strongholds; the healthy one says he’ll die of hunger. Let him go south over the sands and let him see where we let blood flow from oblique axe-strokes; there he’ll obtain the dew of a dead man [BLOOD].
[7] dreyra: ‘dr[…]ra’ 1824b