Ungr var ek heima ok öllu skipaði
skatna liði at skapi mínu.
Gerði þat hugnaz alt harla vel
fylki vísum ok velbornum sveinum.
Ungr var ek heima ok skipaði öllu liði skatna at skapi mínu. Alt þat gerði hugnaz vísum fylki ok velbornum sveinum harla vel.
When young, I was at home and marshalled all the host of men according to my mind. All that pleased the wise leader and the well-born youths very well.
[All]: The wording of the first helmingr echoes the opening line of the previous stanza Harðr muntu heima ‘You must be tough at home’ and the wording of HjǪ 33/8, at skapi mínu ‘to my mind’. As such it must be considered deliberately provocative. Line 1 is the same as Ket 22/1.