Note A — Chapter XXIV
Reading edition
Vigfusson translates syslu-madr, "prefect, bailiff, king's steward"; but he also translates gjald-keri and ar-madr with steward, and in this case correctly. The only English term I know for an officer whose functions correspond approximately to those of the syslu-madr is prefect, as the office now exists in France. Even this term is, however, imperfect.