Album: Arv (2008)

Yndifall

Með hundraði seggum
salt bar inn gran-rauði
striðlyndir ok illvilja-fullir
Þegar sem í augljósi kom land

Vörn á fjöru stóð
í sjáldi hvílaði Foldin
en mark hersis varð lyptat
Þegar sem í augljósi kom hjölt

Þaðan kertisveinn skrækti
gekk gramr sá út í leiki Freys
ok dróttir gengu saman með honum

Reiðyrði í hávaða váru heyrt
en lólyndr hersis gekk til níðings
ok Hildr gekk saman með honum

Hildr ok Skögul bíðu ór stað

Á meðal vikvera hundraða
birtast fránn inn tiginborni
lang-rækir ok baráttu-fullir
i Þvisa él réð Þá yndifall

Margr maðr hraustaligr fell
dreyra-fæð rann Foldin
en størri tapan skulu verða
í Þvísa él réð Þá yndifall

Höggvandi lysti af honum höfuðit
ímnir hans vá ok sárs-auki gein
siðan hné gramr aptr ok var Þá dauðr

Hirð fölnaði ok starði niðr
glýstamir ok værugjarnir andast
nú skulu Þeir til viss hvergi

Hildr ok Skögul bíðu ór stað

[English translation:]

Bereavement

With hundreds of men
The red-beard was carrying salt
Battle-minded and full of ill-will
When soon appeared the land

A defence stood on the waterline
Seldom the County rested
So the mark of the hersir6 was hoisted
When soon appeared the land

Then a young orderly shrieked
The warrior went in Freyr's game7
And all the men went together him

Angry words could be hear loudly
But a coward hersir went towards infamy
And Hildr went together him8

Hildr and Skögul waited in the same place9

In the bay they were hundreds
The noble-born gleamed bright
With a long memory and skilled in battle
Then the storm10 decreed the bereavement

Many a valorous man fell
Blood-stained run the County
But loss would be become greater
Then the storm decreed the bereavement

They wanted to hit him on the head
The giants revealed him misfortune and sorrow11
After the warrior fell backwards and then died

The hird12 turned pale and stood watching
Joyless and wishing for warm and rest they passed away
Now for sure they will be no more

Hildr and Skögul waited in the same place