Var sínkgjarn sagðr af gulli
Neri jarl, nýtr í ráðum,
Víkars sonr vanr í sóknum;
sá réð einn Upplendingum.
Neri jarl var sagðr sínkgjarn af gulli, nýtr í ráðum, sonr Víkars vanr í sóknum; sá réð einn Upplendingum.
Jarl Neri was said to be covetous of gold, capable in counsels, Víkarr’s son, accustomed to fight; he ruled alone over the Upplendingar.
[1] sínkgjarn ‘covetous’: The adj. is more commonly simplified as síngjarn (see Fritzner: síngjarn), but the sole ms. of this stanza spells it sínk-, a spelling reflected in the prose text (sínkr). On the etymology, see AEW: sínka. Some eds (Skj B; Skald) use the form síngjarn here.