Skilfingr, helzt, þars skulfu
skeiðr, fyr lǫnd in breiðu
— auð varð suðr of síðir
Sikiley — liði miklu.
Skilfingr, helzt miklu liði fyr in breiðu lǫnd, þars skeiðr skulfu; suðr varð Sikiley of síðir auð.
Lord, you led a large host past the wide lands where warships shook; in the south Sicily was finally laid waste.
[3] auð: so Tˣ, A, B, C, ‘avld’ or ‘avdt’ R, auðit U
[3] auð ‘waste’: The l. contains three internal rhymes (auð : -uð- : -íð-), and Skj B emends auð ‘waste’ to eydd ‘ravaged’ against all mss (see NN §2783).