Hrókr er fallinn með hertoga,
frækn at fótum fólks oddvita.
Eigum Óðni ilt at gjalda,
er hann slíkan konung sigri rænti.
Hrókr er fallinn með hertoga, frækn at fótum oddvita fólks. Eigum at gjalda Óðni ilt, er hann rænti slíkan konung sigri.
Hrókr has fallen with the army-commander, valiant at the feet of the leader of the army [KING = Hálfr]. We have to repay Óðinn for evil, as he deprived such a king of victory.
[1] Hrókr: This must be Hrókr inn hvíti ‘Rook the White’, as the prose text later indicates that Rook the Black, though seriously wounded in the fight, escapes and is looked after by a poor peasant (Hálf 1981, 186).