He rush’d into the hall, and caught Starkodder in his arms:

He press’d him to his heart, and with emotion wept aloud:

Now Roska brought a leopard’s skin, and gave it to the god:

Amongst th’ Einherier clash of shields resounds with deaf’ning din,

When on the veteran’s shoulders broad Thor hung the leopard’s skin.

A club made from Yggdrassil’s wood he places in his hand;

Thus ’mongst the demi-gods enroll’d Starkodder takes his stand:

Counsel he gives to those who once were guilty of a crime,

I’ th’ holy wave of Balder’s fount to wash off Nastrond’s slime.

Now to the field of battle his th’ Einherier all with glee: