Týnum Birkibeinum!
Beri Sverrir hlut verra!
Lǫtum randhœing reyndan
ríða hart ok tíðum!
Hœlumk minnst í máli!
Metumk heldr at val felldan!
Lǫtum skipta guð giptu!
Gerum hríð, þás þeim svíði!
Týnum Birkibeinum! Beri Sverrir verra hlut! Lǫtum reyndan randhœing ríða hart ok tíðum! Hœlumk minnst í máli! Metumk heldr at felldan val! Lǫtum guð skipta giptu! Gerum hríð, þás svíði þeim!
Let’s destroy the Birkibeinar! May Sverrir suffer defeat! Let’s make the tested shield-rim salmon [SWORD] swing hard and frequently! Let’s boast the least in our speech! Rather, let’s measure ourselves when the slaughtered ones have fallen! Let’s allow God to decide the outcome! Let’s make a storm that will smart for them!
[3, 7] lǫtum ‘let’s’: The short stem vowel <ǫ> (from lata rather than láta ‘let’; see ANG §505 Anm. 1) is required by the metre. Látum (so ÍF 30; ltum, Skald) creates a hypermetrical l.