Tvær mank hilmi hýrum
heimsvistir ótvistar;
hlautk ásamt at sitja
seimgildi fémildum.
Fúss gaf fylkir hnossir
fleinstýri margdýrar;
hollr vas hersa stilli
hoddspennir fjǫlmennum.
Mank hýrum hilmi tvær ótvistar heimsvistir; hlautk at sitja ásamt fémildum seimgildi. Fylkir gaf fúss fleinstýri margdýrar hnossir; hoddspennir vas hollr stilli hersa fjǫlmennum.
I remember the cheerful prince for two not unpleasant home-visits; I got to sit together with the generous gold-increaser [GENEROUS MAN = Hákon]. The leader gave, eager, most precious treasures to the spear-controller [WARRIOR = Snorri]; the hoard-spender [GENEROUS MAN = Snorri] was loyal to the lord of hersar [RULER], strong in number.
[1, 2] tvær ... heimsvistir ‘two ... home-visits’: So all other mss. The R reading, ‘heims vist er’, is syntactically unclear and a line was later added between the last two words (R*). During his stay in mainland Scandinavia (1218-20), Snorri also visited magnates in Sweden, among them the lawman Áskell Magnússon and his wife, Kristín (see Stu 1878, I, 238). He stayed at the Norwegian court before (in Tønsberg) and after (in Bergen) his other travels.