Note to SnSt Ht 33^III

[All]: This stanza must refer to events that took place in 1213 at a legal assembly at Strinda, near Trondheimsfjorden. King Ingi Bárðarson and Skúli had a showdown with the farmers at that assembly (Bǫgl 1988, II, 125): K. Ingi bad sit Folck føre sit Banere tilbage, thi hand vilde icke stride mod sine egne Bønder, oc Kongen vigede tilbage med sit Folck, da forfulde Bønderne hannem, oc sloge nogne ihiel aff hans Mænd, thi raabte Skule Kongens Broder, at Kongen skulde vende om igien,  thi de søgte efter oc dræbte hans Folck, da vende Kongen om igien, oc bad føre fram sit Banere, oc blefue da Bønderne slagne, og maatte de fly ‘King Ingi told his men to bring his standard back, because he did not want to fight against his own farmers, and the king retreated with his men. Then the farmers pursued him and killed some of his men. Therefore Skúli, the king’s brother, shouted that the king should turn back again, because they pursued them and killed his people. Then the king turned back again, and he commanded his standard to advance, and then the farmers were defeated and they had to flee’. See also Hákonar saga Hákonarsonar (E 1916, 480), where the legal assembly is called Raumaþing.

References

1. Bibliography
2. Bǫgl 1988 = Magerøy, Hallvard, ed. 1988. Soga om Birkibeinar og Baglar: Boglunga sǫgur. Norsk historisk kjeldeskrift-institutt norrøne tekster 5. Oslo: Solum forlag and Kjeldeskriftfondet.
3. E 1916 = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1916. Eirspennill: AM 47 fol. Nóregs konunga sǫgur: Magnús góði – Hákon gamli. Kristiania (Oslo): Den norske historiske kildeskriftskommission.
4. Internal references
5. (forthcoming), ‘ Unattributed, Hákonar saga Hákonarsonar’ 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=33> (accessed 23 April 2024)