Hello, I'm Jed, a beginner, like you, swimming in a very murky linguistic soup. Never mind, we mustn't let it depress us.

Doesn't 'lata' with an infinitive have the sense of 'to have done/cause to be done'? And isn't 'verthi' the dative of 'verth' meaning 'worth', 'price' (Sorry my computer can't cope with some of the Norse letters)

My effort would go like this: 'You can have many longships prepared/built with the price/value of these merchant ships'

Perhaps some wiser heads can give advice.

Good call, Jed! 

This is a challenging language but I have come to love it. Pelle’s explanations did indeed help very much.

best regards,

-Alfta