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].
[4] í bug skjaldi ‘in the hollow of the shield’: This phrase occurs in the same position in Hharð Lv 14/4II (see also RvHbreiðm Hl 58/4). To hide in the hollow of one’s shield during a fight was considered an act of cowardice.