Hverju bölvi þeir belt hafa
Sváfr ok Sváfrlogi;
blóð þeir vöktu ok benjar sugu
ey undir illum vana.
Hverju bölvi hafa þeir belt, Sváfr ok Sváfrlogi; þeir vöktu blóð ok sugu benjar, ey undir illum vana.
Every evil they have ventured, Sváfr and Sváfrlogi; they awakened blood and sucked wounds, always with a bad habit.
[1] bölvi: om. all
[1] bölvi (n. dat. sg.) ‘evil’: The required noun is missing in all mss. It must have alliterated on <b>; Bugge, followed by most other eds, supplies bölvi, which makes good sense.