Upp skulum rísa, út skulum ganga
ok ramligar randir knýja.
Hygg við hjálmum hingat komnar
til Danmarkar dísir várar.
Skulum rísa upp, skulum ganga út ok knýja ramligar randir. Hygg dísir várar komnar hingat til Danmarkar við hjálmum.
Let us arise, let us go out and bash our strong shields. I believe that our dísir have come here to Denmark with helmets.
[8]: Dísir is the name for female guardian spirits, often considered to safeguard the interests of a particular individual or his or her family (cf. Ström 1961, 192-4; Turville-Petre 1964, 221-7). The claim that they have ‘come here to Denmark with helmets’ probably indicates the warlike state of mind of the dísir rather than their actual provision of helmets to Útsteinn. These dísir behave very much like valkyries.