Eykr Ôleifs feðr
Járnsǫxu veðr
harðræði hvert,
svát hróðrs es vert.
Veðr Járnsǫxu eykr hvert harðræði feðr Ôleifs, svát hróðrs es vert.
His gale of Járnsaxa <giantess> [MIND] increases every tough exploit for Óláfr’s father [= Haraldr], so that it is worthy of praise poetry.
[2] feðr Ôleifs ‘for Óláfr’s father [= Haraldr]’: This type of kenning is rarer than those designating men as the sons of famous fathers. Haraldr had two sons, Magnús and Óláfr (later nicknamed kyrri ‘the Quiet’). The dat. sg. phrase feðr leifs could be construed as above, or could be taken as poss. with the kenning for ‘mind’.
case: dat.