Eitt hǫfðusk at,
Eilífr þars sat,
hǫfðingjar tveir;
hamalt fylkðu þeir.
Austr-Vinðum ók
í ǫngvan krók;
vasa Læsum léttr
liðsmanna réttr.
Tveir hǫfðingjar hǫfðusk at eitt, þars Eilífr sat; þeir fylkðu hamalt. Austr-Vinðum ók í ǫngvan krók; réttr liðsmanna vasa léttr Læsum.
Two chieftains engaged in a single action, where Eilífr held sway; they lined up their troops in wedge formation. The East Wends were driven into a tight corner; the terms of the liegemen were not easy on the Læsir.
[3] tveir hǫfðingjar ‘two chieftains’: Most prose sources seem to understand this as referring to Haraldr and Eilífr, but Flat precedes the first helmingr with a remark that both Jaroslav (Jarizleifr) and Haraldr went raiding with Eilífr for a time. In any event, Sigfús Blöndal suspects the ON sources of exaggerating Haraldr’s role in Jaroslav’s realm (1978, 54-5).