Lundr reis gjalfrs frá grundu
goðs orðum … skorðaðr
elds; vas áðr til foldar
ormstalls boði fallinn.
Logstýfir bað leyfa
ljóss engla sér þengil
Vánar vífi sínu
vegs þessi rǫk segja.
Lundr elds gjalfrs reis frá grundu … skorðaðr orðum goðs; boði ormstalls vas áðr fallinn til foldar. Vánar logstýfir bað þengil ljóss vegs engla leyfa sér segja vífi sínu þessi rǫk.
The tree of the fire of the sea [GOLD > MAN] rose from the ground … supported by the words of God; the messenger of the serpent-lair [GOLD > MAN] had previously fallen to earth. The snipper of the fire of Vôn <river> [(lit. ‘the fire-snipper of Vôn’) GOLD > GENEROUS MAN] asked the ruler of the bright path of angels [HEAVEN > = God] to permit him to tell his wife about these omens.
[8] vegs: ‘[...]egs’ 673b, ‘uegs’ 673bÞH, 673bFJ
[8] vegs ‘of the path’: Both Þorsteinn Helgason and Finnur Jónsson thought they could read the <v> or <u> in the ms. While the letter is no longer visible, it is determined by the alliteration.
case: gen.