Alf of Ulf, | Ulf of Sæfari,

And Sæfari’s father | was Svan the Red.

[a]13]. “Thy mother, bright | with bracelets fair,

Hight, methinks, | the priestess Hledis;

Frothi her father, | and Friaut her mother;—

Her race of the mightiest | men must seem.

[14]. “Of old the noblest | of all was Ali,

Before him Halfdan, | foremost of Skjoldungs;

Famed were the battles | the hero fought,

To the corners of heaven | his deeds were carried.