> Yeah, that's nice. How could it not be true: it's so symmetrical!
> It reminds me of the Mystery Plays and all those great childlike
> Middle English lyrics. Thinks: I wonder if you copied it from here
> [ http://skaldic.arts.usyd.edu.au/db.php?table=verses&id=1520 ].
> They too have 'nýtur' in place of standardized ON spelling 'nýtr'.
> Should we let them know?

I got it from Eysteinn, noticed the error after posting and notified
Eysteinn of it. Ultimately this skaldic.arts.usyd.edu.au comes from our
good friend EB if I'm not very much mistaken.

> Well, since the subject of the Battle of Stiklastaðir has come up
> recently, we´d better have that other Q&A:

Yes, this is also excellent. Interesting how the rhyme in the second line
of each stanza goes over word boundaries.

Also interesting how both stanzas are careful to identify the bad guys
"Júðar, Þroendir"...

Kveðja,
Haukur