Bǫðkennir skaut bôðum hǫndum;
allr vá hilmis herr prúðliga.
Stukku af almi, þeims jǫfurr sveigði,
hvítmýlingar, áðr Hugi felli.
Bǫðkennir skaut bôðum hǫndum; allr herr hilmis vá prúðliga. Hvítmýlingar stukku af almi, þeims jǫfurr sveigði, áðr Hugi felli.
The battle-teacher [WARRIOR] shot with both hands; all the lord’s army fought splendidly. White-muzzled arrows flew from the elm-bow which the king bent, before Hugh fell.
[8] Hugi ‘Hugh’: Hugh of Shrewsbury was killed by an arrow, apparently shot by Magnús himself. See Bkrepp Magndr 11 and Note, Þham Magndr 3 and Power 1986, 109-10.