Veitti vísi fyr Valsnesi
sókn snarpliga Svína-Grími.
Hann lét missa mildings *nefa
hœgri handar, áðr hjaldr lykisk.
Vísi veitti Svína-Grími snarpliga sókn fyr Valsnesi. Hann lét *nefa mildings missa hœgri handar, áðr hjaldr lykisk.
The leader made a vigorous attack on Svína-Grímr (‘Pig-Grímr’) off Valsneset. He caused the nephew of the generous one [= Svína-Grímr] to lose his right hand before the fighting came to a close.
[6] *nefa: hnefa Mork
[6] *nefa ‘the nephew’: The ms. reading hnefa ‘fist’ makes no sense in this context and must have been caused by the association with handar ‘hand’ (l. 7).
case: acc.