Þá es glæsimaðr ok gullskati;
þá eru snyrtimenn ok sælkerar,
auðkýfingar ok oflátar,
herr ok helmingr ok hǫfðingjar.
Þá es glæsimaðr ok gullskati; þá eru snyrtimenn ok sælkerar, auðkýfingar ok oflátar, herr ok helmingr ok hǫfðingjar.
Then there is illustrious man and gold-skati; then there are elegant men and affluent ones, money-bags and show-offs, army and band of warriors and chieftains.
[7] helmingr ‘band of warriors’: Lit. ‘half’ (see AEW: helmingr, helmningr, helfningr). In poetry this word is used only as a term for ‘band of warriors, military unit’. Faulkes (SnE 1998, II, 307) suggests that the original meaning of this heiti may have been ‘helmeted troop’.