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Note to RvHbreiðm Hl 21III

[All]: The stanza is damaged and beyond repair. The hero commemorated appears to be Hvítserkr hvati ‘the Keen’, another of Ragnarr loðbrók’s sons (see sts 11-20). Hvítserkr could, however, also be one of the warriors of the legendary king Hrólfr kraki ‘Pole-ladder’ (see st. 23 and Hrólf) although that is less likely in view of the enumeration of Ragnarr’s sons in the preceding stanzas. On Hvítserkr, see also KrákÁsl Lv 9VIII (Ragn 30).

References

  1. Internal references
  2. 2017, ‘ Anonymous, Hrólfs saga kraka’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 539. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=73> (accessed 26 May 2024)
  3. Not published: do not cite (RloðVIII)
  4. Rory McTurk (ed.) 2017, ‘Ragnars saga loðbrókar 30 (Kráka/Áslaug Sigurðardóttir, Lausavísur 9)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 684.

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