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.
[3, 4] sá snjallr konungr ‘that excellent king’: The adj. can occur in noun phrases of this structure (demonstrative sá/sú/þat + adj. + noun) in either the strong form, as here, or the weak; see LP: sá 1; cf. NS §49.