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Note to Sigv Knútdr 6I

[6] Skáney ‘Skåne’: The prose Context cited above uses the alternative form Skáni. The sequence of events is uncertain but seems to have been as follows: Óláfr and Ǫnundr raided Sjáland/Selund (Zealand), then, prevented by Knútr’s military defences there and possibly deterred by the news that he was on his way with a great fleet, withdrew to Skáney (Skåne, also Danish territory) and raided there. Knútr pursued them to Á in helga (Helgeå in the east of Skåne, sts 7-9), where the two sides met in battle; see Note to Ótt Knútdr 11/3.

References

  1. Internal references
  2. Matthew Townend (ed.) 2012, ‘Óttarr svarti, Knútsdrápa 11’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 781.

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