Fylgða ek fylki, þeim er framast vissak,
— þá unða ek bezt ævi minni —
áðr fór †ór† — en því flögð ollu —
hinzta sinni til Hörðalands.
Ek fylgða fylki, þeim er vissak framast — þá unða ek bezt ævi minni —, áðr fór †ór† hinzta sinni til Hörðalands; en flögð ollu því.
I followed the ruler, the one I knew [to be] most distinguished — then I enjoyed my life the best — before I went … for the last time to Hordaland; but demons caused that.
[1] ek fylgða fylki ‘I followed the ruler’: This line echoes Vík 25/7 (Gautr 33) and the two stanzas may well have followed one another in Vík (there is now a good deal of intervening prose between them).