Valgarðr á Velli

The first chronologically is preserved only in Fagrskinna and relates to events in 1042 as Harald joined an uprising against emperor Michael V Kalaphates and had some of his Varangian bodyguards killed.

[7] Another stanza, preserved in the same sources as well as in Flateyjarbók, describes a voyage from Sweden to Denmark which the sagas state that Harald undertook to meet his nephew, King Magnus the Good.

[11] The description then moves on to the capture of women by Harald's victorious forces: Dvalði daprt of skilða (drifu, þeirs eptir lifðu) ferð, en fengin urðu fǫgr sprund (Danir undan).

Láss helt líki drósar; leið fyr yðr til skeiða (bitu fíkula fjǫtrar) fljóð mart (hǫrund bjartir).

[14] Finnur Jónsson described the surviving fragments of Valgarðr's works as testifying highly to his abilities as a poet, showing mastery over language and form and an appealing sense of fantasy.