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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,—
- 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.
