Sæll Konrad!
 
Many thanks for the vocabulary lists - they really help to give the idea of the whole semantic field of a word.  I've also picked up on one of my mistakes - I looked up hljóta in the dictionary and saw 'get, receive' which I skim-read as GRIEVE!!!!!  This totally twisted my understanding of the last bit of the text which I read as the sons putting things (presumably precious) around the body which was laid out for burial!!!
 
Oh well, you live and learn!
Bye for now,
 
Sarah.