Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Anonymous Poems, Nóregs konungatal 20’ 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. 774-5.
Ok Óláfr
arfi Tryggva
tók liðdrjúgr
lǫnd ok þegna,
hinn, es fimm
á fôm vetrum,
lofða vinr,
lǫnd kristnaði.
Ok Óláfr, arfi Tryggva, liðdrjúgr, tók lǫnd ok þegna, hinn vinr lofða, es kristnaði fimm lǫnd á fôm vetrum.
‘And Óláfr, the heir of Tryggvi, strong in number, took lands and subjects, that friend of the people who christianised five countries within a few years.’
Óláfr Tryggvason is said to have converted to Christianity the Orkney, Shetland, and Faroe Islands, as well as Iceland and Norway. See HN (MHN 116), Ágr (ÍF 29, 22).
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Ok olafr arfuí tryɢva tok liddríugr lond ok þegna. hinn er fimm a fꜳm vetrum | lofda vínr lond kristnadí.
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