“Thereupon Gunnlaug sailed from England (London) with traders north to Dublin. At that time King Sigtrygg Silkiskegg (silk-beard), son of Olaf Kvaran and Queen Kormlöd, ruled Ireland; he had then ruled only a short time. Gunnlaug went before him and greeted him well and honourably. The king received him well. Gunnlaug said: ‘I have made a song about you, and I want to get a hearing.’ The king answered: ‘No man has before delivered a poem to me, and I shall certainly listen to it.’ Gunnlaug then sang the drapa, and this is the refrain:
Sigtrygg feeds
The horse of Svara (the wolf) with corpses.
I know distinctly
Whom I will praise,
The kinsman of kings,
He is the son of Kvaran;
The king will not to me
(He is wont to be liberal,
The champion knows it)