Ortak eina of jarl þulu;
verðrat drápa með Dǫnum verri;
fǫll eru fjórtán ok fǫng tíu;
opits ok ǫndvert, ǫfugt stígandi:
svá skal yrkja, sás illa kann!
Ortak eina þulu of jarl; verðrat drápa verri með Dǫnum; eru fjórtán fǫll ok tíu fǫng; opits ok ǫndvert, ǫfugt stígandi: svá skal yrkja, sás kann illa!
I composed a þula about an earl; a drápa cannot be worse among the Danes; there are fourteen dips and ten lifts; it is open-ended and twisted, moving backwards: that’s how he shall compose who is poorly skilled!