Editing Loki (section)

===Norwegian rune poem===
[[File:Runic letter berkanan.svg|thumb|50px|The [[Berkanan|Bjarkan]] [[Runic alphabet|rune]]]]
Loki is mentioned in stanza 13 of the [[Rune Poems|Norwegian rune poem]] in connection with the [[Younger Futhark]] [[Berkanan|Bjarkan]] [[Runic alphabet|rune]]:
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|{{poemquote|<small>Old Norse:</small>
Bjarkan er laufgrønster líma;
:Loki bar flærða tíma.{{sfnp|Dickins|1915|p=26}}}}
|{{poemquote|<small>Modern English:</small>
[[Birch]] has the greenest leaves of any shrub;
:Loki was fortunate in his deceit.{{sfnp|Dickins|1915|p=27}}
}}
}}

According to Bruce Dickins, the reference to "Loki's deceit" in the poem "is doubtless to Loki's responsibility for Balder's death".{{sfnp|Dickins|1915|p=27}}