Kristsdrápa — Ólsv KristdrIII
Óláfr svartaskáld LeggssonKari Ellen Gade 2017, ‘ Óláfr svartaskáld Leggsson, Kristsdrápa’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 314. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=1330> (accessed 20 April 2024)
harðkeypt, — sonu jarðar
oss stillir þat alla —
auðugt líf fyr dauða.
talið dœgr megin lœgis,
— fekk hlýrnir stað stjǫrnum —
sterkr, ok aldir merkja.
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