Hér settu mik sveina milli,
heldr hæðinna ok hvítbránna.
Skelkja skatnar ok skaup draga,
ófs óframir, at jöfurs greppi.
Hér settu mik milli sveina, heldr hæðinna ok hvítbránna. Skatnar skelkja ok draga skaup, ófs óframir, at greppi jöfurs.
Here they set me between serving men, rather mocking and white-eyelashed. The fellows mock and, exceedingly cautious, hold the prince’s poet up to ridicule.
[8] greppi ‘poet’: This noun sometimes means ‘man’ in poetry, but much more often is one of several terms for ‘poet’; cf., among others, Bragi Troll 1/4III, Þhorn Harkv 18/3I and Anon Nkt 1/3II.