Hljóta ey með ítrum
alfegnastir þegnar
sólar vörð í sælu
slóðar alt it góða.
Krists vinnr krapt ins hæsta
krossmark viðum hnossa
alls bezt; lofar æztan
öll dýrð konung fyrða.
Þegnar alfegnastir hljóta ey alt it góða í sælu með ítrum vörð sólar slóðar. Krossmark ins hæsta Krists vinnr krapt alls bezt viðum hnossa; öll dýrð lofar æztan konung fyrða.
Thanes joyous beyond measure obtain forever every good thing in blessedness with the glorious guardian of the sun’s track [SKY/HEAVEN > = God]. The cross-sign of the most-high Christ gains power best of all for trees of treasures [MEN]; all glory exalts the highest king of men [RULER = Christ].
[3-4] sólar slóðar ‘of the sun’s track [SKY/HEAVEN]’: Slóð ‘track, path’ is a base-word in heaven-kennings also in Has 19/7-8 (skýja slóð ‘clouds’ track’) and Pl 4/7 (mána slóð ‘moon’s path’). ‘Narrow path’ and ‘light’ are also combined in the liturgical phrase semita lucis (Manz 1941, 457, no. 909).