Hitt hlægir mik helzt í máli:
mun ekki Ásmundi öll vá sofa.
Þrír eru fallnir af því liði
Eynefs synir, en einn lifir.
Hitt hlægir mik helzt í máli: öll vá mun ekki sofa Ásmundi. Þrír synir Eynefs eru fallnir af því liði, en einn lifir.
This makes me laugh especially about the matter: not all danger will be dormant for Ásmundr. Three sons of Eynefr <sea-king> [SEAFARERS] have fallen of this host, yet one lives.
[7] þrír synir Eynefs ‘three sons of Eynefr <sea-king> [SEAFARERS]’: A sea-king name, taking the various forms Eynefr, Eynæfir or Eynefir occurs in Þul Sækonunga 2/1III and as the determinant in kennings for ‘ship’, like Bragi Þórr 2/3III; see Meissner 220 and Finnur Jónsson (1934-5, 292). It is not clear which three seafarers (i.e. warriors) are referred to here, but the most likely are Útsteinn’s brother Innsteinn, King Hálfr himself and Hrókr inn hvíti, the only ones of the Hálfsrekkar mentioned by name in Innkv.