‘Hermóðr ok Bragi,’ kvað Hroptatýr,
‘gangið í gǫgn grami,
því at konungr ferr, sá es kappi þykkir,
til hallar hinig.’
‘Hermóðr ok Bragi,’ kvað Hroptatýr, ‘gangið í gǫgn grami, því at konungr ferr hinig til hallar, sá es þykkir kappi.’
‘Hermóðr and Bragi,’ said Hroptatýr [Óðinn], ‘go to meet the monarch, because a king is coming here to the hall who is deemed a champion.’
[1] Bragi: A god of poetry (SnE 2005, 25), who also appears in Anon Eirm 4/2. His function seems to be to welcome the newcomer to Valhǫll with praise, as he does in st. 16.