Hverr myndi svá hendir
harðgeðr loga fjarðar,
éla ranns (ef ynni)
ítr … (þér) rítar,
at, þreknenninn, þinni
…, sættandi, mætti
ógrátandi, ýta,
ormlands hjá kvǫl standa?
Ítr … rítar ranns éla, hverr hendir loga fjarðar myndi svá harðgeðr, ef ynni þér, at … ormlands mætti standa ógrátandi hjá þinni kvǫl, þreknenninn sættandi ýta?
Glorious … of the shield of the house of storms [SKY/HEAVEN > SUN > = God (= Christ)], which distributor of the fire of the fjord [GOLD > GENEROUS MAN] could [be] so hard-minded, if he loved you, that [he], a … of the snake-land [GOLD > MAN] might stand unweeping by your Passion, powerful reconciler of men [= God (= Christ)]?
[1] svá hendir: ‘s[...]nnder’ B, ‘[...]h[...]nnder’ 399a‑bˣ, ‘(s)[...] [...](æ)nnder’(?) BRydberg, ‘s(va) [...]nndir’(?) BFJ
[1] svá hendir: B is very dark and badly worn; <h> is confirmed by the alliteration. Reconstruction to svá hendir is suggested by Sveinbjörn Egilsson in a marginal note to 444ˣ, and has been adopted by all eds.