Sverðið [English translation]

Legs shake, unrest descends, danger builds

Legs shake, tragedy is resisted, a time of war

I swing my sword fearlessly about

In sweat and blood I cut and stab them

Danger mounts around me

They want to enslave my children and wife

They want my country, treasures, and life

The time is one of much conflict

Legs shake (hopes rise), children wait

Legs shake (he strives on), a sword swings

Legs shake, bodies leak [blood], a night of disgrace

Legs shake, flies cover [the bodies]

The time is one of much conflict

Sword drawn, I am suited to this

The best-made weapon is expensive

I stabbed them three times, flayed them

I push them up into a narrow passage

I will slay and slaughter them

Then the blade brakes, in Draugagil1

Spring rains, a weapon of power

A viking is beaten, helplessly

Life ends in ugliness

I look over their ranks

I stare frozen at the path ahead

I point out the tip of my sword

There is everything I once knew

Thorns are strewn across my path

I was once able to do good deeds

Now I die alone and humiliated

Sword drawn, I am suited to this

The best-made weapon is expensive

I stabbed them three times, flayed them

I push them up into a narrow passage

I will slay and slaughter them

Then the blade brakes, in Draugagil

Spring rains, a weapon of power

A viking is beaten, helplessly

Sword drawn, I am suited to this

The best-made weapon is expensive

I stabbed them three times, flayed them

I push them up into a narrow passage

I will slay and slaughter them

Then the blade brakes, in Draugagil

Spring rains, a weapon of power

A viking is beaten, helplessly

1. This seems to be the location where the battle takes place in northwestern Iceland.

• Artist:Skálmöld