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.
[8] ‑gǫll vas þá (‘gꜹll var þa’): gǫll var þat J2ˣ, 325VI, 325V, Bb(204va), 61(74rb), 53, Bb(109vb), gǫll var þar Holm4, 325VII, gull vafðan 61(129rb), Tóm
[8] hjǫrgǫll ‘sword-clanging’: Cf. hjǫrdynr ‘sword-din’ in Sigv Nesv 5/4.