Hér settu mik sveina milli,
heldr hæðinna ok hvítbránna.
Skelkja skatnar ok skaup draga,
ófs óframir, at jöfurs greppi.
Hér settu mik milli sveina, heldr hæðinna ok hvítbránna. Skatnar skelkja ok draga skaup, ófs óframir, at greppi jöfurs.
Here they set me between serving men, rather mocking and white-eyelashed. The fellows mock and, exceedingly cautious, hold the prince’s poet up to ridicule.
[6] skaup: ‘skop’ 590b‑cˣ
[6] skaup ‘ridicule’: With Skj B and Skald, this edn adopts CPB’s suggested emendation (CPB II, 548) of the ms.’s ‘skop’, which does not make sense in this context.