Holmneglða braut hilmir
hauðrgjǫrð fyrir bǫrðum.
Hilmir braut holmneglða hauðrgjǫrð fyrir bǫrðum.
The ruler clove the island-studded land-girdle [SEA] before the prows.
[1] braut ‘clove’: The verb extends the metaphor expressed by the base-word of the sea-kenning (‘girdle’). Cf. ESk Frag 13, which employs the same metaphor: Sverrigjǫrð svalra landa springr sundr fyr bǫrðum ‘The swirling girdle of cool lands [SEA] splits asunder before the bows’.