Þrévetran mik þaðan af flutti
Hrosshárs-Grani til Hörðalands.
Nam ek á Aski upp at vaxa;
sákat niðja á níu vetrum.
Hrosshárs-Grani flutti mik þrévetran þaðan af til Hörðalands. Ek nam at vaxa upp á Aski; sákat niðja á níu vetrum.
Hrosshárs-Grani (‘Horse-hair Grani’) carried me off from there at the age of three years to Hordaland. I grew up at Ask; I did not see my kinsmen for nine winters.
[5] Aski: skipi 152
[5] á Aski ‘at Askr’: The farm Askr was presumably located at or near the modern village of Ask on the island of Askøy (ON Fenhring), immediately north-west of Bergen and now connected to the city by a bridge.