Nú vill kapp*
við konungsfrænda
afreksmaðr
engi deila.
Giptudrjúgr,
sem glíkligt es,
verðr vinsæll
vella deilir.
Nú vill engi afreksmaðr deila kapp* við konungsfrænda. Vinsæll deilir vella verðr giptudrjúgr, sem es glíkligt.
Now no outstanding man wishes to try his courage against the king’s kinsman. The popular distributor of pure gold [GENEROUS MAN] becomes lasting in good luck, as is likely.
[6] glíkligt: glíkt Flat
[6] glíkligt ‘likely’: Flat reads glíkt ‘like’ which is hypometrical and makes no sense in the present context.