Sóttak fremð, sóttak fund konungs,
sóttak ítran jarl,
þás ek reist, þás ek renna gat,
kaldan straum kili,
kaldan sæ kili.
Sóttak fremð, sóttak fund konungs, sóttak ítran jarl, þás ek reist kaldan straum kili, þás ek gat renna kaldan sæ kili.
I sought advancement, I sought a meeting with the king, I sought the noble jarl when I furrowed the cold current with the keel, when I made the keel run across the cold sea.