Sáttir þeir urðu Sváfaðr ok Skartheðinn;
hvárgi mátti annars án vera,
fyrr en þeir ædduz fyr einni konu;
hon var þeim til lýta lagin.
Þeir Sváfaðr ok Skartheðinn urðu sáttir; hvárgi mátti vera án annars, fyrr en þeir ædduz fyr einni konu; hon var lagin þeim til lýta.
Sváfaðr and Skartheðinn were on good terms; neither could be without the other, until they went mad over a single woman; she was destined to bring disgrace to them.
[5] einni: eina 214ˣ
[5] fyr einni konu (dat.) ‘over a single woman’: Found in 166bˣ, papp15ˣ, 738ˣ, and the great majority of mss; the dative implies ‘in the presence of’. 214ˣ, and 11 other mss mostly derived from it, have eina konu (acc.), the implication of fyr + acc. being ‘on account of, for the sake of’.