Réð þría vetr
Þundar beðju
siklingr snarr
ok sjautøgu,
áðr * lofðung
lífi at ræna
ǫðlings kom
einkadóttir.
Snarr siklingr réð beðju Þundar þría vetr ok sjautøgu, áðr * einkadóttir ǫðlings kom at ræna lofðung lífi.
The brave lord ruled the bedmate of Þundr <= Óðinn> [= Jǫrð (jǫrð ‘earth’)] for three and seventy years, before the only daughter of the chieftain [Loptr] <= Loki> [= Hel (hel ‘death’)] came to rob the ruler of his life.
[5] áðr *: áðr an Flat
[5] áðr * ‘before’: The particle an (so Flat) in the connective áðr an ‘before’ has been deleted for metrical reasons here and passim. The ms. uses áðr and áðr an interchangeably, and the latter makes the l. hypermetrical.