Létk við yðr, es ítran,
Ôleifr, hugat môlum
rétt, es ríkan hittak
Rǫgnvald, konungr, haldit.
Deildak môl ins milda,
malma vǫrðr, í gǫrðum
harða mǫrg; né heyrðak
heiðmanns tǫlur greiðri.
Létk haldit hugat rétt môlum við yðr, Ôleifr konungr, es [hittak] ítran, es hittak ríkan Rǫgnvald. Deildak harða mǫrg môl í gǫrðum ins milda, vǫrðr malma; né heyrðak greiðri tǫlur heiðmanns.
I kept conscientiously, precisely, to the arrangements with you, King Óláfr, when [I met with] the excellent, when I met with the powerful Rǫgnvaldr. I dealt with very many arrangements in the courts of the generous one, guardian of metal weapons [WARRIOR = Óláfr]; I have not heard more loyal speeches of a tributary [Rǫgnvaldr].
[1] es (‘er’): en R686ˣ, 325VI, 75a, Holm4, 325VII, enn 972ˣ, 73aˣ, 61, Flat, Tóm
[1, 3] es … es ‘when … when’: Kock (NN §§487, 2774) defends and cites parallels to the pleonasm. Ternström (1871, following Fms) adopts the reading (h)inn ítri of 61 and 73aˣ, regarding it as a vocative together with Ôleifr.