[All]: The king commemorated is Ælla of Northumbria (d. 867), the slayer of Ragnarr loðbrók (see sts 11-12 above). He was killed by the sons of Ragnarr. For Ælla, see Ragn, RagnSon, ÍF 35, 79-90, Saxo 2005, I, 9, 4, 34-5, 5, pp. 606-11 as well as Sigv Knútdr 1/1I and Note there.
References
- Bibliography
- ÍF 35 = Danakonunga sǫgur. Ed. Bjarni Guðnason. 1982.
- Saxo 2005 = Friis-Jensen, Karsten, ed. 2005. Saxo Grammaticus: Gesta Danorum / Danmarkshistorien. Trans. Peter Zeeberg. 2 vols. Copenhagen: Det danske sprog- og litteraturselskab & Gads forlag.
- Internal references
- Not published: do not cite (RloðVIII)
- Matthew Townend (ed.) 2012, ‘Sigvatr Þórðarson, Knútsdrápa 1’ 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. 651.