Hyrr sveimaði; hallir þurru;
gekk hár logi of herǫð þeira.
Séa knátti þar, es salir fellu,
landrôð konungs, of liði Þóris.
Hyrr sveimaði; hallir þurru; hár logi gekk of herǫð þeira. Þar knátti séa landrôð konungs, es salir fellu of liði Þóris.
Fire surged; halls collapsed; the high flame swept across their herǫð. There one could see the king’s government as dwellings fell around Þórir’s troop.
[6] salir: snarir F
[6] es salir fellu ‘as dwellings fell’: Es snarir fellu ‘as brave ones fell’ (so F) is possible, but less preferable from a contextual point of view.