Rak, sás rausn vann mikla,
rjóðr með gengi þjóðar
víga borðs, ok verðar,
vestr hernað, fekk erni.
Endr frák borgir brenndar
— brandr gall — á Írlandi,
— blésu vé — þars vísi
vígmóðr of kom, glóðum.
Rjóðr borðs víga, sás vann mikla rausn, rak hernað vestr með gengi þjóðar, ok fekk erni verðar. Frák borgir brenndar glóðum endr á Írlandi, þars vígmóðr vísi of kom; brandr gall; vé blésu.
The reddener of the planking of battles [SHIELD > WARRIOR], he who achieved great magnificence, pursued a raiding campaign in the west with a company of men, and provided the eagle with food. I have heard of towns burned by fire in former times in Ireland, where the battle-furious prince came; the sword rang out; banners fluttered.
[6] á Írlandi ‘in Ireland’: Óláfr’s raids in Ireland are corroborated by Hfr Óldr 6, almost certainly the source for the brief descriptions in ÓTHkr (ÍF 26, 264-5) and Fsk (ÍF 29, 141-4; cf. Fidjestøl 1982, 107-9; Krag 2003a, 64); cf. also HSt Rst 6.