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 :But the King's heart swelleth,
 * His spirit flushed with battle,
 * Where heroes shrink; dark Muninn
 * Drinks blood from out the wounds.

As Víga-Glúmr sang:


 * When stood the shielded Maidens
 * Of the gory sword, strife-eager,
 * On the isle; the Bold of Mood then
 * Received the meat of wound-blood.

As Skúli Thorsteinsson sang:


 * Not the hindmost in the hundred
 * Might Hlökk of horns have seen me,
 * Where to the Yearly Flier
 * I fed the wounds full grievous.

The erne is called Eagle, Old One, Storm-Shearer, Inciter, Soarer, Wound-Shearer, Cock. As Einarr sang:


 * With blood the lips he reddened
 * Of the black steed of Járnsaxa;
 * With steel Erne's meat was furnished:
 * The Eagle slit the Wolf's Bait.

As Ottarr sang:


 * The Erne swills corpse-drink,
 * The She-wolf is sated,
 * The Eagle there feedeth,
 * Oft the wolf his fangs reddens.