Hart skulum ganga ok hliða ekki *;
verðr vísis lið at vega með söxum.
Þeir skulu sjálfir á sér bera
blóðgar benjar, áðr braki létti.
Skulum ganga hart ok hliða ekki *; lið vísis verðr at vega með söxum. Þeir sjálfir skulu bera á sér blóðgar benjar, áðr braki létti.
We shall go [forth] fast and not give way; the prince’s troop has to fight with swords. They themselves shall bear bloody wounds on their bodies before the din ceases.
[2] *: við 2845
[2] hliða ekki * ‘not give way’: The ms.’s hliða við ‘give way’ is the only recorded instance of this verb being used with the prep. við in Old Norse, and most eds (except Hálf 1981) have omitted it, as is done here. The omission restores the line to metrical regularity.