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 He called the Earl True Friend of the King, and Hákon, Son of Earl Sigurdr. And Thjódólfr sang thus concerning Haraldr:


 * About Ólafr's sire
 * Waxed the steel-knife-storm's ire,
 * That of wightness each deed
 * Is worthy fame's meed.

And again:


 * Jarizleifr could espy
 * Where the king passed by:
 * The brave, sainted lord's kin
 * Stoutly praise did win.

And again he sang:


 * Breath-bereft is he
 * Who o'er all bore the gree,&mdash;
 * Of chiefs kinsman mild,
 * Haraldr's brother's child.

Arnórr also sang thus in Rögnvaldr's Song of Praise:


 * Heiti's war-good kinsman
 * Made wedlock-kindred with me:
 * The earl's strong tie of marriage
 * Made honor to us rendered.

And again, concerning Earl Thorfinnr, he sang:


 * The thin-made swords bit keenly
 * Old Rögnvaldr's kin, to southward
 * Of Man, where rushed the strong hosts
 * Under the sheltering shield-rims.