Skjǫldungr rak með skildi
skeiðar brand ór landi;
réð sá konungr síðan
snjallr Nóregi ǫllum.
Skjǫldungr rak með skildi brand skeiðar ór landi; síðan réð sá snjallr konungr ǫllum Nóregi.
The monarch drove, with his shield, the prow of the warship out of the country; afterwards that excellent king governed all Norway.
[1] með skildi ‘with his shield’: The image of repelling a ship with a shield is presumably metonymic, referring to military might, rather than literal. Alternatively, the phrase could be taken (as in Skj B) to qualify skjǫldungr ‘monarch’ rather than rak ‘drove’.