Anon (FoGT) 23III/7 — örlög ‘fortunes’
Ólafr kunni blóthús brenna,
Bráðan hitti Magnús váða,
Harald frágum vier hjörleiks mildan,
Hans arfi tók nú við starfa,
dróttar vinr fekk helverk hættan.
hníga riett á enskri sliettu.
sóttum píndr, þá er örlög enduz.
ágætt fall sá er hlaut til vallar.
Ólafr, sá er hlaut ágætt fall til vallar, kunni brenna blóthús. Magnús hitti bráðan váða, píndr sóttum, þá er örlög enduz. Vier frágum Harald, mildan hjörleiks, hníga riett á enskri sliettu. Arfi hans tók nú við starfa; vinr dróttar fekk hættan helverk.
Óláfr, who got a famous fall to the ground [death], burnt sacrificial buildings. Magnús encountered sudden danger, tormented by illness, when his fortunes came to an end. We [I] have heard that Haraldr, generous with sword-play [BATTLE], certainly fell on an English field. His heir now took on the business [of government]; the friend of the people [RULER = Magnús or Óláfr Haraldsson] contracted a dangerous mortal illness.
readings
[7] örlög enduz: ‘ǫl[…]vz’ W
notes
[7] þá er örlög enduz ‘when his fortunes came to an end’: There is a large hole in W at this point, so the emendations adopted here are conjectural though supported in the case of enduz by skothending with píndr ‘tormented’. The emendation örlög ‘fate, fortunes, death’ was first suggested by Jón Ólafsson from Grunnavík (cf. FoGT 1884, 274 n. 3) and has been adopted by all eds; the emendation to enduz was first suggested by Björn Magnússon Ólsen (FoGT 1884) and has been adopted by all subsequent eds.