[2] eiðar ‘of oath’: In the present edn, auðar (m. gen. sg.) ‘of wealth’ has been emended to eiðar (m. gen. sg.) ‘of oath’ to restore the missing aðalhending, and þrá ‘obstinate, firm’ (adj.) or ‘longing’ (noun) has been emended to þrár (m. nom. sg.; assuming the loss of final -r) ‘obstinate, firm’ (Fritzner: þrár ‘vedholdende, bestemt paa at holde fast ved noget’ ‘persistent, determined to hold on to sth.’). ‘Firm of oath’ then means ‘steadfast’. For the gen. eiðar ‘of oath’, see ANG §358.2. The line has the same structure as ll. 4 and 6.