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- ↑ "Skaldsøgur fyri vaksin, ið upprunaliga eru skrivaðar á føroyskum 1909-2013". Føroya landsbókasavn (in Faroese). Archived from the original on 2013-09-27.
- ↑ "Hinumegin er mars". H. N. Jacobsens Bókhandil (in Faroese). Archived from the original on 2013-10-29.