Hôðum hildi með Haralds frænda
Ǫnguls við ey innanverða,
þars af reiði ríkisvendir
konungr ok jarlar kapp sitt brutu.
Hôðum hildi með frænda Haralds við Ǫngulsey innanverða, þars ríkisvendir, konungr ok jarlar, brutu kapp sitt af reiði.
We waged war with Haraldr’s kinsman [= Magnús] on the inner side of Anglesey, where the royal sceptres, the king and the earls, tested their courage with rage.
[6] ríkisvendir: ríklundaðir F
[6] ríkisvendir ‘royal sceptres’: Otherwise unattested in a figurative meaning. Ríklundaðir ‘great-minded’ (so F) is metrically and syntactically possible (qualifying jarlar ‘earls’) and has been adopted by Skj B and Skald, but that adj. appears to be a lectio facilior.