Gengu danskir drengir
(dynr varð gǫrr) með brynjur
útanborðs til jarðar
(úrigs malms) ok hjalma.
Sukku sárir rekkar
sunnan hafs til grunna;
hár varp hausum þeira
hranngarðr á þrǫm jarðar.
Danskir drengir gengu útanborðs til jarðar með brynjur ok hjalma; dynr úrigs malms varð gǫrr. Sárir rekkar sukku til grunna sunnan hafs; hár hranngarðr varp hausum þeira á þrǫm jarðar.
Danish warriors went overboard [and sank] to the bottom with byrnies and helmets; the din of wet metal [BATTLE] was over. Wounded champions sank to the shallows south of the sea; the high wave-enclosure [SEA] threw their skulls onto the edge of the earth.
[6] sunnan: sunna Hr
[6] sunnan hafs ‘south of the sea’: Steinn most likely composed Óldr in Norway, and ‘the sea’ would then refer to northern part of the Kattegat (north-west of Halland and south of Norway).