Aura stendr fyr órum
eik fagrbúin leiki.
Fagrbúin eik aura stendr fyr leiki órum.
The beautifully dressed oak of riches [WOMAN] prevents our [my] pleasure.
[1, 2] stendr fyr leiki órum ‘prevents our [my] pleasure’: The verb and prep. standa fyr ‘prevent, stand in the way of’ (or a verb with similar meaning) coupled with the object leiki ‘pleasure’ is a commontype in laments about unreciprocated love. Leikr ‘pleasure’ (lit. ‘sport’) has clear sexual overtones here (see, e.g., Notes to Anon Stríðk [All], Anon (LaufE) 1/1, 4 and Ill Lv [All]). Finnur Jónsson (in Skj) provides the heading Om kærlighedssorg ‘About lovesickness’.