Kviðuháttr or “metre of discourse”
From Glælognskviða by Thórarin Praise-tongue the Icelander
Bið Áleif
at unni þér
(hann’s goðs maðr)
grundar sinnar;
hann of getr
af goði sjolfum
ár ok frið
ollum monnum,
Pray Olaf
he unto you
(he’s God’s man)
grants his country;
he now gets
from god truly
bounty, peace,
bless’d for mankind.