Mjök er þat frægt,
er fara vildi
sigri sæmðr
til Svía fundar
grundar vörðr
góðu heilli
á Randvers
remmiskíðum.
Þat er mjök frægt, er vörðr grundar, sæmðr sigri, vildi fara góðu heilli til fundar Svía á remmiskíðum Randvers.
It is widely known that the guardian of the land [KING], honoured by victory, wished to travel by good fortune to the meeting with the Swedes on the strong skis of Randverr <sea-king> [SHIPS].
[4] til fundar Svía ‘to the meeting with the Swedes’: Hákon wished to achieve a treaty with the Swed. magnates, and he hoped to marry his son, Hákon ungi ‘the Young’, to Birgir Magnússon’s daughter Ríkiza (see also st. 38 below and Sturl Hryn 2).