[5] Rǫgnvaldr: The son of Haraldr hárfagri and Snæfríðr (see Ættartal [Genealogy] II.2 in ÍF 28). He was later burned inside his house, along with eighty sorcerers, by his brother, Eiríkr blóðøx ‘Blood-axe’. In the words of Hkr (ÍF 26, 139), ok var þat verk lofat mjǫk ‘and that deed was greatly praised’.
References
- Bibliography
- ÍF 26-8 = Heimskringla. Ed. Bjarni Aðalbjarnarson. 1941-51.
- Internal references
- (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)