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[7] buðu ríki ‘offered force’: The phrase appears to be equivalent to bjóða ofríki ‘offer excessive force, overcome’ (Fritzner: bjóða 1), and perhaps bella ríki ‘use strength’, attested in Ótt Knútdr 5/3, 4.