Alison Finlay (ed.) 2022, ‘Bjarnar saga Hítdœlakappa 21 (Bjǫrn Hítdœlakappi Arngeirsson, Lausavísur 16)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross, Kari Ellen Gade and Tarrin Wills (eds), Poetry in Sagas of Icelanders. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 5. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 89.
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Veitat kóna knýtir
(kom drengr við styr lengi),
hinns of eyki annask,
ǫrmôlugr þat gǫrva,
hvar bǫðserkjar birki
(beit egg í tvau leggi),
trauðr es ætna eyðir
einvígis - lætk hníga.
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