[6, 7, 8] rísa upp at stráa ..., at leyðra ‘to get up to strew ..., to rinse’: The infinitives at stráa ‘to strew’ and leyðra ‘to rinse’ appear to be dependent on rísa ‘get up’, and hence the einherjar are the agents of these tasks in honour of Eiríkr – tasks less menial than might appear, if the benches in Valhǫll are strewn with mail-shirts rather than the usual straw (see Note to l. 3 above). It is conceivable, though unlikely, that the agent of at stráa and at leyðra is unexpressed (cf. NS §207) and different.