Þann, er af mínum munni
margr til andar bjargar
sér megi randa rýrir
röðuls framkvæmdan öðlaz.
S… látattu sveitir,
siðskjótr, af því hljóta
gumna kind at grandi,
guð minn, laga þinna.
Þann er margr rýrir randa röðuls megi öðlaz sér til andar bjargar framkvæmdan af mínum munni. Minn guð, siðskjótr, látattu sveitir hljóta af því s… þinna laga, at grandi kind gumna.
Such [fruit] that many a destroyer of shields’ sun [SWORDS > WARRIOR] might gain benefit from for his soul’s salvation [produced] from my mouth. My God, quick to promote virtue, let not men suffer from it [a perversion?] of your laws, to the injury of the race of men.
[4] framkvæmdan: framkvæmd B, 399a‑bˣ
[4] framkvæmdan: As it stands, the l. is unmetrical and must have had an unstressed syllable after -kvæmd. For this reason, Skj B emends to framkvæmdan ‘obtained, produced’ (cf. LP: framkvæmðr, adj. only occurrence). Skald follows Sveinbjörn Egilsson, giving framkvæmð ‘furtherance (båtnad)’, and adds an enclitic of before ǫðlaz (cf. NN §1387); this is unmetrical.