[3] með skœðan þokka ‘with baleful thought’: This phrase may refer generally to Sveinn’s hostility towards Magnús, who has caused his flight from Norway, or it may be a more specific allusion to his plan to launch an expedition of revenge against the treacherous Norwegians, reported in some saga accounts (ÍF 29, 209-10; Fms 6, 25; Flat 1860-8, III, 263-4).