Anon (Ragn) 4VIII (Ragn 34)/2 — renna ‘advance’
Hafs létum vér hesta
hlýr stinn á brim renna,
meðan á bjartar brynjur
blóði dreif um síðir.
Ylgr gein aldri mönnum
eyragrán of svíra
— harð-meldri fám vér heiða
Hveðnu — blóði roðna.
Vér létum stinn hlýr hesta hafs renna á brim, meðan blóði dreif um síðir á bjartar brynjur. Eyragrán ylgr gein aldri of svíra mönnum, roðna blóði; vér fám heiða harð-meldri Hveðnu.
We made the sturdy prows of the horses of the sea [SHIPS] advance on the surf while blood at last sprayed onto bright corslets. The grey-eared she-wolf never gaped over necks of [our] men, reddened with blood; we obtain the gleaming hard flour of Hveðna <giantess> [GOLD].
notes
[2] renna ‘advance’: The use here of the inf. form renna as opposed to the older rinna (see LP: rinna), ‘advance (upon)’, which would provide aðalhending in an even line, is mentioned as an example of a young form by Finnur Jónsson (LH II, 142), who takes it as transitive (with á as adverbial? Cf. his text in Skj BII, 260, and NS §96 (b)), but presumably as a strong verb.