Kálfsvísa
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The Kálfsvísa ("Kálfr's vísa", Kálfr being maybe the name of its author) is a poem partially preserved in Snorri Sturluson’s Skáldskaparmál.
Its three stanzas in fornyrðislag mostly consist of a þula of horses and their riders, Germanic heroes (for instance Grani and Sigurðr). The Kálfsvísa also includes a narrative dealing with the Battle on the Ice of Lake Vänern between Áli and Aðils.
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The Kálfsvísa in the original language.
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