Reist eikikjǫlr austan
ǫrðigt vatn ór Gǫrðum;
Svíar tœðu þér síðan,
snjallr landreki, allir.
Gekk með golli miklu
— glygg fell ótt of tyggja —
hǫll á hléborð sollin
Haralds skeið und vef breiðum.
Eikikjǫlr reist ǫrðigt vatn austan ór Gǫrðum; allir Svíar tœðu þér síðan, snjallr landreki. Sollin skeið Haralds gekk með miklu golli, hǫll á hléborð und breiðum vef; ótt glygg fell of tyggja.
The oaken keel clove the mounting water from the east out of Russia (Garðar); all the Swedes supported you after that, valiant land-ruler. Haraldr’s waterlogged warship advanced with much gold, listing to the leeward under her broad sail; a raging storm fell upon the prince.
[3] tœðu þér ‘supported you’: The H-Hr reading réðu því ‘determined that’ makes reasonable sense, but it leaves síðan ‘then, after that’ unexplained, it implies an improbably large role for the Swedes, and H-Hr rarely has superior readings.
Pronouns and determiners: Second person
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N A G D | þú þik þín þér | (þ)it ykkr ykkar ykkr | (þ)ér yðr yðar yðr |