Stanzas 81-95 display the rarest forms in Snorri's catalogue: syllabic metres with a fixed number of syllables per line regardless of stress, forms with foreign influence and purely experimental constructions. Snorri closes with a reflection on the limits of Old Norse versification.
Hér eru sýnd þau háttar er sjaldnast eru ort í ok eru þó þekkt af skáldskap. Sumir þessara háttar virðast hafa komið til Noregs frá öðrum þjóðum. Þá er skáld reyna nýja hluti, sýna þeir þar með þrótt sinn ok lipurð.
Here are shown those metres that have seldom been composed in but are nonetheless known in skaldic culture. Some of these metres appear to have come to Norway from other peoples. When skalds try new things they thereby demonstrate their strength and skill.
Eitt af þessum háttar er talið eftir stafkvæðum í línu en ekki eftir þungum stöfum. Þetta er líkara þýskri kvæðagerd en norrænum. En þó er þat heill skáldleikr er vel er gert.
One of these metres is counted by syllables in the line and not by stressed syllables. This resembles German verse-craft more than Norse. But it is nonetheless complete skaldic art when well executed.
Stanzas
Háttatal 81
Þengill ræðr þjóð, þróttar konungr, Hákon hilmir, hróðrligr gramr, Skúli jarl sterkr, stígr upp hátt.
The lord rules the people, king of strength, the lord Hákon, glorious prince, the strong Earl Skúli rises high.