Then stood up Aunund and spoke:
'Rightly say you, Egil;
and it ill-beseems us to be at a
Thing where our sons quarrel.
Never shall that shame be ours,
that we lacked the manhood to reconcile them.
Now, Steinar,
I will that you give this cause into my hands,
and let me deal with it as I please.'
'I am not sure,'
said Steinar,
'that I will so abandon my cause;
for I have already sought me the help of great men.
I will now only bring my cause to such an issue
as shall content Odd and Einar.'
Then Odd and Steinar talked together.
Odd said,
'I will give you, Steinar,
the help that I promised towards getting law,
or for such issue of the cause as you may consent to accept.
You will be mainly answerable for how your cause goes,
if Egil is to be judge therein.'

Whereupon Aunund said:
'I need not leave this matter to the tongue of Odd.
Of him I have had neither good or bad;
but Egil has done to me much that is very good.
I trust him far more than others; and I shall have my way in this.
It will be for your advantage not to have all of us on your hands.
I have hitherto ruled for us both, and will do so still.'
Steinar said,
'You are right eager about this cause, father; but I think we shall oft rue this.'