Bkrepp Magndr 2II/4 — Harmi ‘Velfjorden’
Snarr rauð Sygna harri
sverð á úthlaupsferðum
— vítt nam vargr at slíta
varma brôð — á Harmi.
Frátt, hvé fylkir mátti
— fór, svát hengðr vas Þórir —
— fǫr vas gunnar gǫrvis
greið — dróttinssvik leiða.
Snarr harri Sygna rauð sverð á úthlaupsferðum á Harmi; vítt nam vargr at slíta varma brôð. Frátt, hvé fylkir mátti leiða dróttinssvik; fór, svát Þórir vas hengðr; fǫr gǫrvis gunnar vas greið.
The swift lord of the Sygnir [NORWEGIAN KING = Magnús] reddened the sword on the rebels in Velfjorden; far and wide the wolf began to tear warm meat. You have heard how the leader countered high treason; it happened that Þórir was hanged; the campaign of the wager of battle [WARRIOR] went smoothly.
readings
[4] á Harmi: á hrafni Hr, á armi Mork, af armi F
notes
[4] á Harmi ‘in Velfjorden’: Clearly, the different scribes and redactors had problems with this p. n., and á hrafni ‘on the raven’ (so Hr), á armi ‘on the arm’ (so Mork) and af armi ‘from the arm’ (so F) represent various attempts at a lectio facilior. The fjord Velfjorden (Harmr) is located on the inner side of the island Vega in Nordland, Norway (see Storm 1900, 659 n. 3). All sources report that Þórir and his co-rebel, Egill, were hanged on the island Vomma (Vambarhólmr) north of the mouth of Velfjorden (see Theodoricus, MHN 61; Ágr, ÍF 29, 44; Fsk, ÍF 29, 304-6; Mork 1928-32, 302-4; Hkr, ÍF 28, 216-17).