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Note to RvHbreiðm Hl 33III

[All]: Óli is most likely Áli inn frœkni ‘the Brave’ Friðleifsson, a son of Friðleifr Fróðason (see sts 31-2 above; ÍF 26, 48-9; ÍF 35, 16-21; Saxo 2005, I, 6, 4, 10-12, pp. 376-9). According to Skjǫldunga saga (ÍF 35, 17-19), Áli was killed by Starkaðr inn gamli ‘the Old’ Stórvirksson at the instigation of his own half-brother, Fróði. Hkr (ÍF 26, 49) also mentions that Áli was killed by Starkaðr. Saxo gives his name as Olauus (Óláfr) and does not mention his death.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. ÍF 26-8 = Heimskringla. Ed. Bjarni Aðalbjarnarson. 1941-51.
  3. ÍF 35 = Danakonunga sǫgur. Ed. Bjarni Guðnason. 1982.
  4. 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.
  5. Internal references
  6. (forthcoming), ‘ Unattributed, Heimskringla’ 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, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=4> (accessed 7 May 2024)

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