[All]: 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).
References
- Bibliography
- Ágr = [Anonymous] Ágrip af Nóregs konunga sögum.
- MHN = Storm, Gustav, ed. 1880. Monumenta historica Norvegiæ: Latinske kildeskrifter til Norges historie i middelalderen. Kristiania (Oslo): Brøgger. Rpt. 1973. Oslo: Aas & Wahl.
- ÍF 26-8 = Heimskringla. Ed. Bjarni Aðalbjarnarson. 1941-51.
- HN = Historia Norwegiæ. In MHN 69-124.
- ÍF 29 = Ágrip af Nóregskonunga sǫgum; Fagrskinna—Nóregs konungatal. Ed. Bjarni Einarsson. 1985.
- Theodoricus = Theodrici monachi historia de antiquitate regum Norwagiensium. In MHN 1-68.
- Internal references
- (forthcoming), ‘ Unattributed, Fagrskinna’ 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=56> (accessed 6 April 2025)