Note to Hróksv Hrkv 7^VIII (Hálf 57)

[All]: With this stanza begins a list of the various rules and ethical standards King Hálfr expected of the Hálfsrekkar. It corresponds roughly to ch. 5 of the prose text (Hálf 1981, 178) that precedes the account of Hálfr’s last stand. Other bands of warriors said to have lived by sets of rules laid down by their leader include the Jómsvíkingar (Jvs 1962, 17-18 and n. 3) and the Danes under Fróði III, according to Book V of Saxo’s Gesta Danorum (Saxo 2015, I, v. 5. 1-6, pp. 314-19) as well as under Knútr Sveinsson (Saxo 2015, I, x. 18. 2-6, pp. 752-7 and see n. 90 on pp. 754-5).

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