Ráð þykki mér Refnefs vera
nökkru verri, en Neri kendi.
Varpat sínu á sæ féi
Gautrekr, er gaf gullhring Refi.
Ráð Refnefs þykki mér vera nökkru verri, en Neri kendi. Gautrekr varpat féi sínu á sæ, er gaf gullhring Refi.
Refnefr’s advice seems to me somewhat worse than [what] Neri gave. Gautrekr did not cast his wealth into the sea when he gave Refr a gold ring.
[1] Ráð: brögðótt ráð 152
[1] ráð ‘advice’: Ms. 152 adds the adj. brögðótt ‘cunning’ before ráð, and this has been adopted by Skj B and Skald, but the adj. is extrametrical, and has been omitted by other eds (Gautr 1900, Edd. Min. and FSGJ).