Nemi drótt, hvé sæ sótti
snarlyndr konungr jarla;
eigi þraut við ægi
ofvægjan gram bægja.
Drótt nemi, hvé snarlyndr konungr jarla sótti sæ; eigi þraut ofvægjan gram bægja við ægi.
Let the retinue take in how the quick-mettled king among jarls made out to sea; there was no end to the over-powering lord striving against the ocean.
[3] ægi ‘the ocean’: Possibly a reference to the sea-god Ægir as well as the sea, against whom Þorfinnr ‘contends, strives’ (bægja).