Sumir trúðu á goð gumnar;
grein varð liðs á miðli;
folkorrostur fylkir
framráðr tjogu háði.
Frægr bað hann á hœgri
hǫnd kristit lið standa;
feðr Magnúss biðk fagna
flóttskjǫrrum goð dróttin.
Sumir gumnar trúðu á goð; varð grein á miðli liðs; framráðr fylkir háði tjogu folkorrostur. Frægr bað hann kristit lið standa á hœgri hǫnd; biðk goð dróttin fagna flóttskjǫrrum feðr Magnúss.
Some men believed in God; there was a division among the troop; the ambitious leader waged twenty major battles. Renowned, he asked the Christian troop to stand at [his] right hand; I pray the Lord God to welcome the flight-shy father of Magnús [= Óláfr].
[4] tjogu: tigu 325VI, 325VII, Flat, Tóm, tugu 73aˣ, tigum 61, ‘tavgv’ 325V, ‘togo’(?) 325XI 2 n
[4] tjogu ‘twenty’: Finnur Jónsson (Hkr 1893-1901, IV) notes this as a Swed. form of the numeral and ascribes it to Sigvatr’s occasional use of fremmed sprogmateriale ‘foreign linguistic material’ (cf. also TGT 1884, 203), here presumably because two syllables fit the line more easily than the three of the normal OWN form tuttugu, found several times in, e.g., Anon NktII. Sigvatr had been in Sweden: see, e.g., Sigv Austv. See also Note to st. 26/2 dœgn below.