Orkið, Ála serkjar
élfestir, þrek mestum;
ætt berr grams of grimma
gagnprúðr Sigurðr magni.
Orkið, Ála serkjar élfestir, mestum þrek; gagnprúðr Sigurðr berr magni of grimma ætt grams.
You perform, strengthener of the storm of Áli’s <sea-king’s> shirt [(lit. ‘storm-strengthener of Áli’s shirt’) BYRNIE > BATTLE > WARRIOR], the greatest deed of courage; victory-splendid Sigurðr overwhelms the fierce family of the ruler.
[3] grimma ætt grams ‘the fierce family of the ruler’: The identity of this ruler is unknown, but Björn Magnússon Ólsen (in TGT 1884, 189) suggests that it refers to the prince of the Saracens (so also Finnur Jónsson in TGT 1927, 97).