Kom ek um síðir, þar er snarir þóttuz
Sigurðr ok Sjólfr í sveit konungs.
Réð oss skatna lið skots at beiða
ok skjaldfimi við skata mengi.
Ek kom um síðir, þar er Sigurðr ok Sjólfr þóttuz snarir í sveit konungs. Lið skatna réð oss at beiða skots ok skjaldfimi við mengi skata.
I came at last to where Sigurðr and Sjólfr considered themselves smart in the king’s company. The troop of warriors advised us [me] to try shooting and agility with the shield against the crowd of men.
[5, 8]: The poetic noun skati ‘man, warrior’, which occurs in both these lines, forms its gen. pl. as either skata or the older form skatna (cf. ANG §401.3).