Fylgðak Frísa dolgi,
(fekk ungr) þars spjǫr sungu,
— nú fiðr ǫld, at eldumk —
(aldrbót) ok Sigvalda,
þás til móts við mœti
malmþings í dyn hjalma
sunnr fyr Svǫlðrar mynni
sárlauk roðinn bôrum.
Fylgðak dolgi Frísa ok Sigvalda, þars spjǫr sungu; fekk ungr aldrbót – nú fiðr ǫld at eldumk –, þás bôrum roðinn sárlauk í dyn hjalma til móts við mœti malmþings sunnr fyr mynni Svǫlðrar.
I followed the Frisians’ enemy [= Eiríkr] and Sigvaldi, where spears sang; I got renown young – now people find I grow old –, when we [I] bore the reddened wound-leek [SWORD] into the din of helmets [BATTLE] against the meeter of the metal-assembly [BATTLE > WARRIOR] south before the mouth of Svolder.
[4] ‑valda: ‑valdi 54, Bb, 325VIII 2 b
[4] Sigvalda ‘Sigvaldi’: Sigvaldi Strút-Haraldsson was a Danish jarl from Jómsborg (Wollin) and an ally of Eiríkr jarl and Sveinn tjúguskegg. He accompanied Óláfr Tryggvason on his way to Svolder, but stayed away with his ships during the battle itself (see ÓTHkr chs 99-105, 112, ÍF 26, 350-8, 367; Hók EirflI).