But when Egil sat down, then Thorstein named witnesses to his decision.
Then spoke Aunund Sjoni:
"Twill be said, Egil, that this judgment which you have given and pronounced is very crooked.
And what I have to say is this:
hitherto I have done all I could to prevent strife,
but henceforth I shall not spare to do what I can to harm Thorstein.'
'This I forebode,'
said Egil,
'that the longer our quarrel lasts, the worse will be the fortune of you and your son.
I thought you must have known, Aunund,
that I have held mine own before men quite as great as are you and your son.
But for Odd and Einar, who have so eagerly thrust themselves into this cause,
they have reaped therefrom due honour.'