unz tírrœkir tœki
tveir brœðr of þat rœða
orð, hvat œski-Nirðir
… framast mynði.
Þollr gat … inn ellri
… fyr bróður
lýst ok langa freistni
… hlífar,
unz tveir tírrœkir brœðr tœki rœða orð of þat, hvat œski-Nirðir … mynði framast; inn ellri þollr … hlífar gat lýst … ok langa freistni … fyr bróður,
until the two renown-cultivating brothers began to speak of that which the wishing-Nirðir <gods> … [MEN] first remembered; the older tree … of the shield [BATTLE > WARRIOR] was able to describe … and long ordeal … to his brother,
[8] …: ‘[...]’ 673b, 673bFJ, ‘l[...]’ 673bÞH, ‘[...]sc[...]’ 673bJH
[8] …: Jón read two letters (‘sc’) in this lacuna, and suggested lindskífanda ‘the shield-slicer’s’; a four-syllable sequence containing líf ... sk ... is also possible on the basis of the metre and Jón’s reading of the ms.