Ôttuð hjaldr, þars hauldar,
hlunnviggs, í bý runnu,
gæti-Njǫrðr, við Gauta.
Gunnblíðr ok ræðr síðan.
Herskildi fór hildar
— hann þverrði frið mǫnnum —
ôss of allar sýslur.
Jarl goðvǫrðu hjarli
Ôttuð hjaldr við Gauta, gæti-Njǫrðr hlunnviggs, þars hauldar runnu í bý. Gunnblíðr ok ræðr síðan … Ôss hildar fór herskildi of allar sýslur; hann þverrði frið mǫnnum. Jarl goðvǫrðu hjarli …
You had a battle against the Gautar, protecting-Njǫrðr <god> of the roller-horse [SHIP > SEAFARER], where freeholders ran into the town. Rejoicing in battle and rules since then … The god of battle [WARRIOR = Eiríkr] went with the war-shield across all districts; he diminished the peace for men. Jarl god-defended land …
[5, 7] ôss hildar ‘the god of battle [WARRIOR = Eiríkr]’: This unusual kenning, with a generic name for ‘deity’ rather than the name of a specific god, may be in emulation of Eskál Vell 31/3 (de Vries 1964-7, I, 183).