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] varð suðr: var þar suðr U, ‘var suð’ A, ‘[…]ð’ B, ‘ū sud’ 744ˣ
[3] suðr ‘in the south’: Skj B takes this adv. with the first cl. (suðr fyr in breiðu lǫnd ‘south past the wide lands’), which creates an awkward w. o. (see NN §806).