Tók kappsamr
við konungsnafni
Haraldr brátt
inn hárfagri,
þás Halfdan
hafði drukknat
í hœings
hallar næfri.
Kappsamr Haraldr inn hárfagri tók brátt við konungsnafni, þás Halfdan hafði drukknat í næfri hallar hœings.
Vigorous Haraldr inn hárfagri (‘the Fair-haired’) at once received the title of king when Hálfdan had drowned in the roof-shingle of the salmon’s hall [WATER > ICE].
[8] næfri ‘the roof-shingle’: Lit. ‘birch-bark’. Used both here and in st. 68/3 in the sense ‘roof-shingle’, because roof-shingles were made from birch-bark.
case: dat.