HJØRDIS
(efter et ophold, hvori man drikker sammen og tales sagte ved over bordet).
Sjelden hændes, at så mange djærve mænd sidder sammen, som nu ikvæld i stuen her. Godt vilde det derfor sømme sig at øve den gamle morskab: Lad hver mand nævne sine bedrifter, så må alle dømme sig imellem, hvo der er den ypperste.
HIÖRDIS
(after a pause in which they drink with each other and converse quietly across the tables).
It seldom chances that so many brave men are seated together, as I see to-night in our hall. It were fitting, then, that we should essay the old pastime: Let each man name his chief exploit, that all may judge which is the mightiest.