[7] Storð ‘Stord’: Located in Hardangerfjorden, west of Huglo (Hugl, see st. 1/3) in Sunnhordland, western Norway. See also Þul Islands l. 5 and ESk Lv 9/8. This was the site of a major battle in 961, also known as the battle of Fitjar, in which Hákon inn góði ‘the Good’ Haraldsson was mortally wounded (see Eyv Hák 7/8I).
References
- Internal references
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- R. D. Fulk (ed.) 2012, ‘Eyvindr skáldaspillir Finnsson, Hákonarmál 7’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 182.
- Elena Gurevich 2017, ‘ Anonymous, Heiti for islands’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 994. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=2987> (accessed 1 June 2024)