4. Place names

including river names & locations of battles

Aldi, Alden, island in Søndfjord, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway — Kolb Jónv 5/7

Alexandría, Alexandria — Kálf Kátr 5/1

Anteócía, Antioch — Mey 34/1

Bessaíðe, Bethsaida — Pét 10/1

Björgvin, Bergen, town in Norway — Mey 53/7

Danmǫrk, Denmark — ESk Geisl 36/4, Heil 21/6

Ebrón, Hebron — Pét 20/8 (see Note ad loc.)

England, England — Heil 5/1, 8/7, Mey 54/4

Gálílée sjór, sea of Galilee — Pét 15/3

Gallía, Gaul — Heil 10/6 (see also Valland)

Girkland, Greece — ESk Geisl 51/2

Hlíð, lit. ‘Mountainside’, Lia or Lien, farmstead in Bratsberg county, Strinda, Sør- Trøndelag, Norway — ESk Geisl 37/7

Hlýrskógsheiðr, Lyrskovshede, place in Southern Jutland, where King Magnús the Good fought the Wends, 28 September 1043 — ESk Geisl 28/5

Indía, India — Alpost 9/3

Írland, Ireland — Mey 53/2

Joppen, Joppe (Joppa) — Pét 53/5

Jórdán, Jórðn, the river Jordan — Kálf Kátr 9/4, Leið 24/3, Lil 37/3

Jórsalaborg, Jerusalem — Leið 30/4, Mey 15/2

Kápharnáum, Capernaum, town near the sea of Galilee — Pét 9/1

Kolni, Cologne — Mey 54/7

Kompostella, Compostela, Spain — Alpost 5/8

Krists kirkja, Kristkirken, Christ church, the cathedral in Trondheim — ESk Geisl 34/7

Lidda, Lydda — Pét 54/5

Listi, Lista, district in Southern Norway — Brúðv 7/4

Máríukirkja, church of Mary (location unspecified) — Mv I 14/3, Vitn 14/8

Miklagarðr, Constantinople, Byzantium — ESk Geisl 53/2, Gyð 2/4

Nið, Nidelven, river flowing through Niðaróss, medieval name for Trondheim — ESk Geisl 40/3

Párísborg, Paris — Heil 12/5

Persiðaland, land of the Persians — Alpost 11/3

Pézínavellir, Pezina plains, possibly in Bulgaria, location of battle between Greeks, Varangians and Petchenegs — ESk Geisl 52/4

Rín, river Rhine — Kálf Kátr 24/3

Róma, Rome — Alpost 1/4, Heil 11/2, 25/2, Mey 18/1, 30/2, 40/2, 54/4 (see also Rúm and Rúmsborg)

Rúm, Rome — Pl 57/5 (see also Róma and Rúmsborg)

Rúmsborg, Rome — Pl 15/1, 53/3 (see also Róma and Rúm)

Selja (in cpd Seljumenn ‘men of Selja’), Selja, island off the coast of Western Norway — Mey 53/1

Sikiley, Sicily — Mey 26/3, 38/2

Síón, Zion — Mv III 20/7

Skotland, Scotland (or possibly = Ireland) — Mey 50/2

Stiklastaðir, location of battle in Verdalen, Trøndelag, Norway, where King Óláfr Haraldsson (S. Óláfr) died on 29 July 1030 — ESk Geisl 17/1-2, 43/7-8

Sýrland, Syria — Alpost 13/5, Heil 25/7

Valland, Gaul — Heil 26/1 (see also Gallia)

Vík, Oslofjord area of Norway — Heil 22/2

Vn, mythical river — Pl 2/7, 9/4

Ǫlvishaugr, lit. ‘Ǫlvir’s mound’, either Alstahaugen, Trondheim or farmstead of Alstadhaug in Skogn, Trøndelag — ESk Geisl 14/8

Ǫngulseyjarsund, lit. ‘the sound of Anglesey’, Menai Strait, between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales — ESk Geisl 31/7-8

References

1. Internal references
2. Ian McDougall 2007, ‘ Anonymous, Allra postula minnisvísur’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 852-71. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=1003> (accessed 23 November 2024)
3. Kirsten Wolf 2007, ‘ Anonymous, Heilagra manna drápa’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 872-90. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=1016> (accessed 23 November 2024)
4. Kirsten Wolf 2007, ‘ Anonymous, Heilagra meyja drápa’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 891-930. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=1026> (accessed 23 November 2024)
5. Jonna Louis-Jensen and Tarrin Wills 2007, ‘ Anonymous, Plácitusdrápa’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 179-220. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=1039> (accessed 23 November 2024)
6. Kari Ellen Gade 2007, ‘ Anonymous, Vitnisvísur af Máríu’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 739-57. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=1047> (accessed 23 November 2024)
7. Martin Chase 2007, ‘ Einarr Skúlason, Geisli’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 5-65. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=1144> (accessed 23 November 2024)
8. Martin Chase 2007, ‘ Anonymous, Lilja’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 544-677. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=1185> (accessed 23 November 2024)