Segðu mer þat, Freyr, folkvaldi goða,
ok ek vilja vita:
Hvi þú einn sitr endlanga sali,minn dróttinn, um daga?
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Literally:
Tell me, Frey, thou ruler of the Gods,
I want to know,
who sits alone livelong hall, my lord, um day.
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Tell me, Frey, captain of the gods,
I want to know,
Who, my lord, sits the livelong day alone in thy hall.
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*notes*
valdi=ruler
ok is silent, used for flow and emphasis
Hvi þú - I think who
einn-one, or alone
eindilangr=along the whole extent of, fro one end to the other,
ok lagðist þar endilangr, at full length.
um = early, around, off, past beyond. over across, along. during, in
the course