Mák, síz Magnúss ævi
móðfíkins þraut góða
— Odd hafa stríð of staddan —
stillis, harða illa.
Hvarflak hvers manns þurfi;
harmr strangr fær mér angrat;
þjóðs at dǫgling dauðan
dǫpr; því fǫrum * aprir.
Mák harða illa, síz ævi Magnúss góða, móðfíkins stillis, þraut; stríð hafa of staddan Odd. Hvarflak þurfi hvers manns; strangr harmr fær mér angrat; þjóðs dǫpr at dauðan dǫgling; því fǫrum * aprir.
I feel sorely grieved since the life of Magnús the good, the valour-greedy lord, came to a close; sorrows have brought Oddr down. I roam around in need of company; strong grief besets me; people are mournful about the dead monarch; therefore we wander around downcast.
[4] stillis: stillir all
[4] stillis (m. gen. sg.) ‘lord’: Stillir (m. nom. sg.; so all mss) can only be construed as a form of address. Because Oddr is hardly addressing Magnús’s uncle, Haraldr, at this point, the form has been emended to stillis (m. gen. sg.) as an apposition to Magnúss (m. gen. sg.) (l. 1).