Tíreggjaðr fór Tryggvi
— tóksk morð af því — norðan,
en Sveinn konungr sinni
sunnan ferð at gunni.
Nær vask þausnum þeira;
þat bar skjótt at móti;
herr týnði þar harða
— hjǫrgǫll vas þá — fjǫrvi.
Tíreggjaðr Tryggvi fór norðan, en Sveinn konungr ferð sinni sunnan at gunni; morð tóksk af því. Vask nær þausnum þeira; þat bar skjótt at móti; herr týnði þar harða fjǫrvi; hjǫrgǫll vas þá.
Urged on to glory, Tryggvi went from the north, while King Sveinn [went] with his troop from the south to the battle; killing arose from that. I was near their tumult; that swiftly resulted in an encounter; the army lost life there in great numbers; there was sword-clanging then.
[1] Tryggvi: tiggi 53, ‘trygi’ Bb(109vb)
[1] tíreggjaðr fór Tryggvi ‘urged on to glory, Tryggvi went’: Stúfr Stúfdr 7/1II has the closely similar Tíreggjaðr hjó tyggi ‘the glory-urged ruler cut down’, which may explain the variants in 53. Tiggi, the 53 variant on Tryggvi, is the basis for Hellberg’s argument (1972, 24-30) that this stanza is not about Tryggvi at all, but since the variant is found only in 53, a not especially reliable ms., the case is unconvincing.