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Þess strengi ek heitThis I promise (lit. I make a vow concerning this)
Ertu þá meiri konungr en þinn faðirThen you will be a greater king than your father
Þá kemr þar bóndi ok bað Óláf gefa sér kýr þær, er hann áttiThen a farmer came there and asked Óláfr to give him what cows he had
Vill hann fara á fund þeiraHe wants to go to meet them
Satt eitt hefi ek þér sagtI have told you the truth
Ek vil, at dóttir þín fari heim með mérI want your daughter to come home with me
Sagði jarl honum [...]The earl told him [...]
Váru þau ǫll á einn veg mörkuðThey had all been marked in the same way
Ragnhildr hét dóttir hans; hana gipti hann Skopta Skagasyni, bróður ÞóruHis daughter was calle Ragnhildr; he married her to Skopti Skagason, Þóra's brother
Konungr var allmjǫk drukkinn, ok bæði þauThe king was very drunk, and they both were [i.e. the king and a woman]
Þetta spyrr Eysteinn konungr ok safnar her í móti þeimKing Eysteinn hears of this and gathers an army against them
Mun ek fá þér fǫruneyti gottI will get you good travel-companions