‘Einherja grið skalt þú allra hafa;
þigg þú at Ôsum ǫl.
Jarla bági, þú átt inni hér
átta brœðr,’ kvað Bragi.
‘Þú skalt hafa grið allra einherja; þigg þú ǫl at Ôsum. Bági jarla, þú átt hér inni átta brœðr,’ kvað Bragi.
‘You shall have quarter from all the einherjar; take ale among the Æsir. Adversary of jarls [RULER = Hákon], you have eight brothers in this place,’ said Bragi.
[6] átta brœðr ‘eight brothers’: On the eight brothers of Hákon, see Context above, and Krause (1990, 117). Bragi’s point is that Hákon has nothing to fear (see Olsen 1916a, 5-6), though cf. Note to st. 17 [All].