Búztu nú við bitri eggþrumu;
hafþu hlíf fyr þér; hart mun ek skjóta.
Þér mun ek brálla at bana verða,
nema þú af auði öllum látir.
Búztu nú við bitri eggþrumu; hafþu hlíf fyr þér; ek mun skjóta hart. Ek mun verða þér brálla at bana, nema þú látir af öllum auði.
Prepare yourself now for the bitter blade-thunder [BATTLE]; have a shield before you; I will shoot hard. I will quickly be the death of you, unless you give up your entire wealth.
[2] bitri eggþrumu: brátt við eggþrumu 471
[2] eggþrumu ‘blade-thunder [BATTLE]’: The cpd eggþruma is a hap. leg, but it has a close parallel and synonym in eggþrima (LP: eggþrima, 2. egg and egg-, 2. þruma); both egg ‘cutting edge, blade’ and þruma ‘thunder, noise’ are well-attested as determinant and base-word respectively of kennings for ‘battle’. Cf. Ket 4/6 and Note.