Reyndr ertu, fóstri, at ganga hervígis til
ok berjaz við Framar til fjár.
Á léttum aldri gaf honum Óðinn sigr;
mjök kveð ek hann vígum vanan.
Ertu reyndr, fóstri, at ganga til hervígis ok berjaz við Framar til fjár. Óðinn gaf honum sigr á léttum aldri; ek kveð hann mjök vanan vígum.
You are experienced, foster-father, in going to army-slaughter and in fighting with Framarr for wealth. Óðinn gave him victory in his youth; I say that he is very accustomed to killings.
[1] fóstri ‘foster-father’: This mode of address refers to Ketill’s age in relation to that of Bǫðmóðr (the son of Ketill’s opponent), and is not to be taken literally. In Ket 33 Ketill himself says that he has lived a long time.