‘Kunna hugða ek þik konung myndu, þann es á Kvinnum býr,
dróttin Norðmanna; djúpum ræðr hann kjólum,
roðnum rǫndum ok rauðum skjǫldum,
tjǫrgum ôrum ok tjǫldum drifnum.
‘Hugða ek þik myndu kunna konung, þann es býr á Kvinnum, dróttin Norðmanna; hann ræðr djúpum kjólum, roðnum rǫndum ok rauðum skjǫldum, tjǫrgum ôrum ok drifnum tjǫldum.
‘I thought you would recognise the king, the one who lives at Kvinnar, lord of Norwegians [NORWEGIAN KING = Haraldr]; he commands deep ships, reddened shield-rims and red shields, tarred oars and foam-spattered awnings.
[8] tjǫldum drifnum: drifnum skjǫldum FskAˣ, 52ˣ, 301ˣ
[8] tjǫldum ‘awnings’: When ships were in harbour, awnings or ‘tents’ were erected on board to provide shelter (see Falk 1912, 10-13; Jesch 2001a, 154, 164-5).