[5, 8] níu ǫðlinga ‘nine nobles’: Ohlmarks (1958, 398), believing that the poem depicts the battle of Hjǫrungavágr (see Introduction), proposes a list of candidates, but it is impossible to be sure who is meant, and the number nine may be a mere formula (see LP: níu; Boberg 1966, 265).
References
- Bibliography
- LP = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1931. Lexicon poeticum antiquæ linguæ septentrionalis: Ordbog over det norsk-islandske skjaldesprog oprindelig forfattet af Sveinbjörn Egilsson. 2nd edn. Copenhagen: Møller.
- Boberg, Inger M. 1966. Motif-Index of Early Icelandic Literature. BA 27. Copenhagen: Munksgaard.
- Ohlmarks, Åke. 1958. Tors skalder och Vite-Krists. Trosskiftestidens isländska furstelovskalder, 980-1013. Stockholm: Geber.