The Egil's Saga on Thorgerdr
Chapter 1 - Of Kveldulf and his sons. > Chapter 81 - Death of Bodvar: Egil's poem thereon.
attribution: Thorgerdr tricked Egil into eating by claiming she was eating samphire to hasten her death alongside him
"I am chewing samphire,' said she, 'because I think it will do me harm. Otherwise I think I may live too long."
attribution: Thorgerdr tricked Egil into drinking milk by disguising it, then revealed the deception
"Now are we deceived; this is milk."
attribution: Thorgerdr persuaded Egil to compose a funeral poem for Bodvar instead of dying, saying she would carve it on a wooden roller
"I would fain, father, that we should lengthen our lives, so that you may compose a funeral poem on Bodvar, and I will grave it on a wooden roller"