[1] inn hvíti halr ‘the pale warrior’: This may be one of Erlingr’s sons (Hkr 1893-1901, IV), but Bjarni Aðalbjarnarson prefers to identify him with Erlingr himself (see Note to l. 4 below). Line 1 may be formulaic (cf. Egill Lv 31/2V, 34/8V (Eg 60, 63), Hfr Lv 17/1V (Hallfr 20) and GunnlI Lv 8/5V (Gunnl 13); cf. Fidjestøl 1982, 68), with the adj. used pejoratively.
References
- Bibliography
- Fidjestøl, Bjarne. 1982. Det norrøne fyrstediktet. Universitet i Bergen Nordisk institutts skriftserie 11. Øvre Ervik: Alvheim & Eide.
- Hkr 1893-1901 = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1893-1901. Heimskringla: Nóregs konunga sǫgur af Snorri Sturluson. 4 vols. SUGNL 23. Copenhagen: Møller.
- Internal references
- Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2022, ‘Egils saga Skalla-Grímssonar 60 (Egill Skallagrímsson, Lausavísur 31)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross, Kari Ellen Gade and Tarrin Wills (eds), Poetry in Sagas of Icelanders. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 5. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 274.
- Diana Whaley (ed.) 2022, ‘Gunnlaugs saga ormstungu 13 (Gunnlaugr ormstunga Illugason, Lausavísur 8)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross, Kari Ellen Gade and Tarrin Wills (eds), Poetry in Sagas of Icelanders. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 5. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 846.
- Diana Whaley (ed.) 2022, ‘Hallfreðar saga 20 (Hallfreðr vandræðaskáld Óttarsson, Lausavísur 17)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross, Kari Ellen Gade and Tarrin Wills (eds), Poetry in Sagas of Icelanders. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 5. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 898.