Várum allir vetr þann saman,
gulli gladdir ok gamanmálum.
Drógu fyrðar, þegar frerum létti,
skrautligar heldr skeiðr at vatni.
Várum allir saman þann vetr, gladdir gulli ok gamanmálum. Fyrðar drógu heldr skrautligar skeiðr at vatni, þegar létti frerum.
We were all together that winter, gladdened with gold and entertaining words. Men dragged rather splendid warships down to the water, as soon as the frosts let up.
[3-4] gladdir gulli ok gamanmálum ‘gladdened with gold and entertaining words’: Cf. a similar formula describing Oddr’s sojourn with his father before his journey to Permia in Ǫrv 77/7-8.