Hrǫkk at Haugabrekku
hóts meirr en til gátum
fyr hyrgœði hríðar
Halldórr í bug skjaldi.
At Haugabrekku hrǫkk Halldórr hóts meirr en gátum til í bug skjaldi fyr hríðar hyrgœði.
At Haugabrekka Halldórr recoiled a great deal more than we expected in the hollow of the shield before the increaser of the fire of battle [(lit. ‘fire-increaser of battle’) SWORD > WARRIOR].
[1] Haugabrekku ‘Haugabrekka’: A farm on the north side of the Snæfellsness peninsula (TGT 1927, 99). Eyrbyggja saga (ÍF 4, 107) refers to a gathering at this location where a fight takes place, but the name Halldórr is not mentioned. Finnur Jónsson (TGT 1927, 99) speculates on whether the stanza refers to this occasion.