Dýrð lætr dróttins Hǫrða
— dragisk mærð þin*ig — hrœrða
ítr (munat ǫðlingr betri)
alls grœðari (fœðask).
Greitt má gumnum létta
guðs ríðari stríðum;
rǫskr þiggr allt, sem œskir,
Óláfr af gram sólar.
Ítr grœðari alls lætr dýrð dróttins Hǫrða hrœrða; mærð dragisk þin*ig; betri ǫðlingr munat fœðask. Guðs ríðari má greitt létta stríðum gumnum; rǫskr Óláfr þiggr allt, sem œskir, af gram sólar.
The glorious healer of all [= God] causes the fame of the lord of the Hǫrðar [= Óláfr] to be disseminated; may the praise poem turn itself hither; a better prince will not be born. God’s knight [SAINT = Óláfr] can easily alleviate afflictions for men; brave Óláfr gets all he desires from the king of the sun [= God].
[1] dróttins: dróttin Flat, dǫgling Bb
[1] dróttins ‘of the lord’: Sense requires a gen. sg. here, but neither ms. provides one.
case: gen.