Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Anonymous Poems, Nóregs konungatal 13’ 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. 770.
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2. heyja (verb): fight, wage (battle)
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1. gramr (noun m.): ruler
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gunnr (noun f.): battle
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3. á (prep.): on, at
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Fitjar (noun f.): Fitjar
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2. við (prep.): with, against
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Eiríkr (noun m.): Eiríkr
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erfivǫrðr (noun m.): [heirs, heir]
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1. verða (verb): become, be
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í (prep.): in, into
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hǫnd (noun f.; °handar, dat. hendi; hendr (hendir StatPáll³ 752¹²)): hand
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hilmir (noun m.): prince, protector
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skjóta (verb): shoot
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þás (conj.): when
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folk (noun n.): people < folkmeiðr (noun m.): [battle-tree]
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meiðr (noun m.): beam, tree < folkmeiðr (noun m.): [battle-tree]
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flótti (noun m.): flight, fleeing
[8] knúði ‘chased’: The reading of Flat, ‘knadí’, cannot be construed as an ON word, and must be a scribal error.
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The battle of Fitjar (Stord, Norway) between Hákon and Eiríkr’s sons took place in 960 or 961. As the stories go, Hákon was either shot in the biceps by a servant of Gunnhildr, Eiríkr’s widow, or, alternatively, the injury was caused by Gunnhildr’s witchcraft. See Theodoricus (MHN 10), HN (MHN 107), Ágr (ÍF 29, 11), Fsk (ÍF 29, 93), HákgóðHkr (ÍF 26, 190-1).
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