Mætr Hákon vann
en Magnús fann
hjörr Eiríks hiekk
hans bróðir giekk
langfeðra láð,
lögvizku ráð;
á rítar slóð;
að refsa þjóð.
Mætr Hákon vann láð langfeðra, en Magnús fann ráð lögvizku; hjörr Eiríks hiekk á slóð rítar; bróðir hans giekk að refsa þjóð.
Excellent Hákon won his paternal ancestors’ land, but Magnús gained counsel of legal learning; Eiríkr’s sword hung upon the shield’s track [ARM]; his brother was busied with punishing people.
[1] Hákon: King Hákon Hákonarson of Norway (r. 1217-63). Hákon was claimed as the illegitimate son of King Hákon Sverrisson (d. 1 January 1204) and Inga of Varteig. He was born after the death of his putative father, and began his rule under the regency of Skúli jarl Bárðarson, hence perhaps the emphasis of l. 5 that he won the land of his paternal ancestors.