Holmneglða braut hilmir
hauðrgjǫrð fyrir bǫrðum.
Hilmir braut holmneglða hauðrgjǫrð fyrir bǫrðum.
The ruler clove the island-studded land-girdle [SEA] before the prows.
[2] fyrir bǫrðum ‘before the prows’: Finnur Jónsson (Skj B and LP: fyribarð) emends to fyribǫrðum ‘with prows of fir-wood’ here. The mss speak against this, however, as does the parallel in ESk Frag 13 (as pointed out by Kock, NN §2090). One of Kock’s arguments is that the form fyrir became common in the C12th, gradually replacing fyr, the older form of the prep. (LP: fyr, fyrir).