Talði lǫnd
ok lausafé
sína eign
Sveinn ok Hôkon,
ok tvá vetr
at tali fyrða
Eireks arf
jarlar hǫfðu,
áðr í land
með lítinn her
konungmaðr
kœmi vestan,
ok Óláfr
jarli mœtti
í Sauðungs
sundi miðju.
Sveinn ok Hôkon talði lǫnd ok lausafé eign sína, ok tvá vetr, at tali fyrða, hǫfðu jarlar arf Eireks, áðr konungmaðr, með lítinn her, kœmi í land vestan, ok Óláfr mœtti jarli í miðju Sauðungssundi.
Sveinn and Hákon declared lands and loose chattel their property, and for two years, according to people’s reckoning, the jarls held Eiríkr’s inheritance, before a royal claimant, with a small army, came to the country from the west, and Óláfr met the jarl in the middle of Sauesund.
[7] arf Eireks ‘Eiríkr’s inheritance’: Refers to the country of Norway in keeping with st. 5/2, where ‘paternal inheritance’ (fǫðurarfr) refers to the districts in Norway that Haraldr hárfagri received upon his father’s death. See also Sigv Berv 4/7-8.