Oss lét abbatissa
angri firð of svangann,
dygg þótt víf in vígðu
víti fyrðar, gyrða.
Enn til áts með nunnum
(ógnarrakks) á Bakka,
(drós gladdit vin vísa)
vasat stallarinn kallaðr.
Abbatissa, firð angri, lét oss gyrða of svangann, þótt fyrðar víti dygg víf in vígðu. Enn stallarinn vasat kallaðr til áts með nunnum á Bakka; drós gladdit vin ógnarrakks vísa.
The abbess, removed from worries, made us [me] tighten the belt around the flank, although men may reproach the faithful consecrated women [for that]. And the marshal was not summoned to eat with the nuns at Bakke; the lady did not cheer the friend of the battle-brave leader.
[2] firð angri ‘removed from worries’: Lit. ‘removed from worry’. Finnur Jónsson translates this as free of sorg over synder, syndsmærte ‘sorrow over sins or pain from sins’ (LP: angr) or den sorg-frie ‘the carefree’ (Skj B). Kock (NN §2489) suggests that Einarr deliberately juxtaposed the hungry poet and the well-fed abbess.