Bjúgnakrækir - he will swipe your sausages, even if you hang them high.
Mmm, horse sausage is making a comeback in Iceland.
Poor peoples' food, that, and whale steaks.
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Bjúgnakrækir - hold on to your sausages.
The hungry elves are back, and this one will hook the sausages from the rafters and snarf them.
"Bjúgu" are a particular Icelandic delicacy, large, very fatty. Good winter food.
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Bjúgnakrækir
he climbs the rafters looking for sausages being hung or smoked, he particularly like the thick fatty bjúgu - lamb or horse he'll eat them all
nom nom nom
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