Létat af jǫfurr
(ætt manna fannsk)
Jótlands etask
ílendr (at því).
Vildi foldar
fæst rôn Dana
hlífskjǫldr hafa.
Hǫfuðfremstr jǫfurr.
Ílendr létat jǫfurr Jótlands etask af; ætt manna fannsk at því. Hlífskjǫldr Dana vildi hafa fæst rôn foldar. … Hǫfuðfremstr jǫfurr.
Arrived in his land, the lord of Jutland [DANISH KING = Knútr] did not let himself be deprived; the race of men were pleased at that. The protecting shield of the Danes [DANISH KING = Knútr] would allow minimal plundering of the land. … The most eminent prince.
[6] fæst rôn: frán 321ˣ, fráneygr 73aˣ; fæst: flest 75c, Flat, fest 325V, Bb, FskBˣ, ‘faust’ Tóm, fast DG8
[6] fæst ‘minimal’: Superlative of fár ‘few, little’; here presumably a litotes for ‘none at all’.