9. Mjök er auðkennt,
þeim er til odins koma
salkynni at séa:
sköftum er rann reft,
skjöldum er salr þakiðr,
brynjum um bekki strát.

9. Mjök er auðkennt,
þeim er Óðins koma
salkynni at séa:
sköftum er rann reft,
skjöldum er salr þakiðr,
brynjum um bekki strát.

9. Mjök er auðkennt,
þeim er til Óðins koma
salkynni at séa:
sköftum er rann reft,
skjöldum er salr þakiðr,
brynjum um bekki strát.

Where Odin's towers rise to view,
Thus may be known by symbols true;
Broken shafts of many a spear
Emblazoning the roofs appear:
The domes with shields are cover'd o'er,
And coats of mail surround the floor.

Easily 'tis known from the other palaces
By those who come to Odin;—its roof is wrought
With spears—its walls with hero-bucklers hung,
And coats of mail are strewn along the seats;—

9. Easily to be known is,
by those who to Odin come,
the mansion by its aspect.
Its roof with spears is laid,
its hall with shields is decked,
with corslets are its benches strewed.

That hall is very easy to know for all that come to visit Woden; the house is raftered with shafts, the hall is thatched with shields, the benches are strewn with mail-coats.

9. 'Tis easily known by all who come
to visit Odin's folk ;
with shafts 'tis raftered, with shields 'tis roofed,
with byrnies the benches are strewn.

9. Easy is it to know        for him who to Othin
Comes and beholds the hall’
Its rafter are spears,        with shields is it roofed,
On its benches are breastplates strewn.

9. Easily known    to Ygg's chosen
   are the heavenly halls:
   the rafters, spearshafts;    the roofs, shield-shingled;
   and the benches strewn with byrnies.

9. Easy to recognize for all who come there
Is Odin's lofty hall:
With spear-shafts and shields it is roofed,
Its benches are strewn with byrnies.

9. 'It's very easy to recognize for those who come to Odin
to see how his hall's arranged;
the hall has spear-shafts for rafters, with shields it is thatched
mail-coats are strewn on the benches.

9. Much is easily recognizable
by those who come to Óðinn's
to see the household:
With spear-shafts the building is
raftered,
with shields the hall is roofed,
coats of mail are cast over the benches.

The phrase meaning “to strew the benches” here is um bekki strát. The act of “strewing the benches” with items, usually costly things in anticipation of guests, occurs in several poems:
 
In Balder’s Dreams 6 & 7, the inhabitants of Hel prepare a feast for Balder before his arrival there:
 

In Thrymskvida 22, the giants prepare a wedding feast for the giant Thrym and the goddess Freyja, who turns out to be Thor in bridal garb, determined to retrieve his stolen weapon.
 

In Alvismal 1, the dwarf Alvis says his people are preparing a wedding feast for himself and Thor’s daughter, whom he has come to take home: