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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to BjHall Kálffl 1I

[6] jóla (gen. pl.) ‘Christmas’: Since the poem was composed after the reign of Óláfr Haraldsson, the reference is presumably to Christmas rather than the pre-Christian Yule; the seasonal reference is apposite, given the timing of the battle in late December.

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