So the best skalds traveled much and visited many people. Their songs made them welcome everywhere. They were always honored with good seats at a feast. They were given many rich gifts. You shall not go away empty-handed.
Men say that the sweetest songs are in Iceland.
I wish to hear them. These tales were not written. Few men wrote or read in those days. Skalds learned songs from hearing them sung. At last people began to write more easily.