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.
[4] hróðrs: ‘hrodis’ Tˣ
[4] hróðrs ‘of praise poetry’: The primary meaning of hróðr m. is ‘praise, glory’, but in skaldic poetry the sense ‘(praise) poetry’ dominates (Kreutzer 1977, 52-4). The thought is similar to that of ÞjóðA Magnfl 19 (the provision of subject-matter for the skald).