[543] Jamieson, II, 239. So Burns: "John Barleycorn was a hero bold," and the ballad
John Barleycorn is the wightest man
That ever throve in land.
Byggvir kvaþ:
"Byggver ek heite, en mik bráþan kveþa
goþ ǫll ok gumar;
því emk hér hróþogr, at drekka Hrópts meger
aller ǫl saman."