Kátr vask opt, þás úti
ǫrðigt veðr á fjǫrðum
vísa segl í vási
vindblásit skóf Strinda.
Hestr óð kafs at kostum;
kilir ristu men Lista,
út þás eisa létum
undan skeiðr at sundi.
Vask opt kátr, þás ǫrðigt veðr úti á fjǫrðum skóf vindblásit segl vísa Strinda í vási. Hestr kafs óð at kostum; kilir ristu men Lista, þás létum skeiðr eisa undan út at sundi.
I was often cheerful when a harsh wind out in the fjords raked the wind-blown sail of the ruler of the Strindir [NORWEGIAN KING = Óláfr] in a drenching storm. The horse of the deep [SHIP] advanced at a fine pace; the keels cleft the necklace of Lista [SEA] when we let the warships dash away out at sea.
[4] Strinda: so 68, Holm4, Kˣ, Strindar Holm2, 325V, R686ˣ, 972ˣ, 325VI, 75a, 73aˣ, 78aˣ, 75c, 325VII, Flat, Tóm, Bb, innan 61
[4] Strinda ‘of the Strindir’: The people of Strinda, a district in Trøndelag. The reading Strindar in several mss would be the gen. sg. of the p. n.