Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Anonymous Poems, Nóregs konungatal 48’ 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, pp. 791-2.
Þeir eru brœðr
báðir lagðir
norðr í grund
á Niðarbakka.
Þar stendr hátt
í hǫfuðkirkju
Óláfs skrín
of altári.
Þeir brœðr eru báðir lagðir í grund norðr á Niðarbakka. Þar stendr hátt skrín Óláfs of altári í hǫfuðkirkju.
Those brothers are both laid in the ground in the north on the banks of Nidelven. There the lofty shrine of Óláfr stands above the altar in the cathedral.
Mss: Flat(144vb)
Editions: Skj AI, 586, Skj BI, 584, Skald I, 284; Flat 1860-8, II, 525.
Notes: [4] á Niðarbakka ‘on the banks of Nidelven’: Nidelven (Nið) is the river that flows through the city of Trondheim. See also Sturl Hákkv 23/4. — [6] í hǫfuðkirkju ‘in the cathedral’: Kristkirken in Trondheim. See Note to st. 35/7. — [7] skrín Óláfs ‘shrine of Óláfr’: See Note to st. 31/7.
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