Sinjórr, siklingr, sjóli, ræsir,
skjǫldungr, skilfingr, skyli ok yngvi,
ynglingr, ylfingr; eru nú talið
hǫfuðskjǫldunga heiti nǫkkur.
Sinjórr, siklingr, sjóli, ræsir, skjǫldungr, skilfingr, skyli ok yngvi, ynglingr, ylfingr; nú eru nǫkkur heiti hǫfuðskjǫldunga talið.
Seigneur, prince, chieftain, impeller, descendant of Skjǫldr, descendant of Skelfir, protector and yngvi, descendant of Yngvi, one of the Ylfingar; now some names of the highest rulers have been enumerated.
[4] skyli (m.) ‘protector’: A poetic term for ‘ruler’ and also the name of a son of Hálfdan gamli, cf. Skm (SnE 1998, I, 101): Skyli eða Skúli ‘Skyli or Skúli’. See Introduction and Note and l. 2 (sjóli) above.