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Note to SnSt Lv 5III

[1, 4] Hringi ok Hilditanni ‘Hringr (“Ring”) and Hilditǫnn (“War-tooth”)’: The Danish legendary king Haraldr hilditǫnn Hrœreksson and his son-in-law, the Swedish king Sigurðr hringr Randvésson, known from Saxo (Saxo 2005, I, 8, 1, 1-5, 1, pp. 510-23) and Skjǫldunga saga (ÍF 35, 58-69). See also Notes to RvHbreiðm Hl 39 [All] and 41 [All]. The battle instigated by Óðinn and used as a frame of reference by Snorri here is the epic battle of Brávellir at which Haraldr hilditǫnn fell. According to legend, Óðinn participated in that battle disguised as Brúni, a counsellor of Haraldr’s, but he turned against Haraldr and ultimately killed him.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. ÍF 35 = Danakonunga sǫgur. Ed. Bjarni Guðnason. 1982.
  3. 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.
  4. Internal references
  5. Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Rǫgnvaldr jarl and Hallr Þórarinsson, Háttalykill 39’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 1047.

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