Ok Ellu bak,
at, lét, hinns sat,
Ívarr ara,
Jórvík, skorit.
Ok Ívarr, hinns sat at Jórvík, lét bak Ellu skorit ara.
And Ívarr, who resided at York, had Ælla’s back cut with an eagle.
[4] Jórvík: í Jórvík 147
[4] Jórvík ‘York’: For the form of the p. n. in skaldic verse (derived from OE Eoforwic), see Townend (1998, 44-6).