Grið lét ǫrr ok aura
Eirekr gefit stórum
— mjǫk leyfa þat þjóðir —
þegnum tólf með Vagni.
Ǫrr Eirekr lét gefit tólf stórum þegnum með Vagni grið ok aura; þjóðir leyfa þat mjǫk.
Generous Eiríkr had a truce and coins given to twelve mighty retainers together with Vagn; people praise that greatly.
[3] þjóðir leyfa þat mjǫk ‘people praise that greatly’: Eiríkr’s munificence towards his enemies is remembered. In the prose of ÓT and Jvs 1879, 95-6 (see Context to st. 45) Hákon jarl disapproves of his son Eiríkr’s liberal treatment of the Jómsvíkingar.