[All]: The st. (ll. 1-6) alludes to the battle of Stiklestad (29 July 1030), in which Haraldr’s half-brother, Óláfr Haraldsson (S. Óláfr), was killed by the army of the farmers of Trøndelag. The fifteen-year-old Haraldr escaped wounded from the battle and sought refuge in Sweden. See also Hharð Lv 1-2a, 2b, ÞjóðA Sex 1 and Bǫlv Hardr 1/1-4.
References
- Internal references
- Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Bǫlverkr Arnórsson, Drápa about Haraldr harðráði 1’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 286-8.
- Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Haraldr harðráði Sigurðarson, Lausavísur 1’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 42-3.
- Diana Whaley (ed.) 2009, ‘Þjóðólfr Arnórsson, Sexstefja 1’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 112-13.