Slíkt er svá;
siklingr á
— ǫld þess ann —
orðróm þann.
Jarla er
austan ver
skatna skýrstr
Skúli dýrstr.
Slíkt er svá; siklingr á þann orðróm; ǫld ann þess. Skúli, skýrstr skatna, er dýrstr jarla austan ver.
So it is; the ruler deserves that reputation; people grant [him] that. Skúli, the wisest of lords, is the most glorious of jarls east of the ocean.
[7] skýrstr skatna ‘the wisest of lords’: Following Sveinbjörn Egilsson (SnE 1848-87, III), Kock (NN §2187) takes this attributive as a parallel construction to dýrstr jarla ‘most glorious of jarls’ (ll. 5, 8). The present edn follows Skj B and Konráð Gíslason (1895-7).