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Note to Anon Krm 3VIII

[6] Dínu ‘of the Dvina’: Since the reference here is to one of the Russian rivers known as Dvina, it is no surprise to find it located in the east. The mynni Dínu (spelt Dýnu by Pfeiffer 1860 and Wisén 1886-9) ‘mouth of the Dvina’ could be either the Gulf of Riga, into which the Western Dvina flows in Latvia, or the White Sea, on the north-west coast of Russia, where the Northern Dvina finds its outlet. The latter possibility is perhaps marginally more likely than the former, since according to Saxo (Saxo 2015, I, ix. 4. 22-3, pp. 648-51) Regnerus Lothbrog (i.e. Ragnarr loðbrók) fought against the Biarmians, who, albeit having a name related to that of modern Perm (cf. CVC: Bjarmi, m.; ÍO: Bjarmar) in central Russia, evidently lived in Northern Russia, east of the White Sea, according to Saxo’s geography (Saxo 2015, II, 1707).

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. CVC = Cleasby, Richard, Gudbrand Vigfusson [Guðbrandur Vigfússon] and W. A. Craigie. 1957. An Icelandic-English Dictionary. 2nd edn. Oxford: Clarendon.
  3. Wisén, Theodor, ed. 1886-9. Carmina Norrœnæ: Ex reliquiis vetustioris norrœnæ poësis selecta, recognita, commentariis et glossario instructa. 2 vols. Lund: Ohlsson.
  4. ÍO = Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon. 1989. Íslensk orðsifjabók. Reykjavík: Orðabók Háskólans.
  5. Pfeiffer, Friedrich. 1860. Altnordisches Lesebuch. Leipzig: T. O. Weigel.
  6. Saxo 2015 = Friis-Jensen, Karsten, ed. 2015. Saxo Grammaticus: Gesta Danorum: The History of the Danes. Trans. Peter Fisher. Oxford Medieval Texts. 2 vols. Oxford: Clarendon.
  7. Internal references
  8. Not published: do not cite (RloðVIII)

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