[All]: The stanza eulogises Sigurðr ormr-í-auga ‘Snake-in-the-Eyes’, another of Ragnarr loðbrók’s sons (see sts 11-18 above). Sigurðr had spots in his eyes, which caused them to resemble the eyes of a snake (see Saxo 2005, I, 9, 4, 12, pp. 592-3; ÍF 35, 85-6 n. 8). On Sigurðr, see also Rloð Lv 4VIII (Ragn 8).
References
- Bibliography
- ÍF 35 = Danakonunga sǫgur. Ed. Bjarni Guðnason. 1982.
- Saxo 2005 = Friis-Jensen, Karsten, ed. 2005. Saxo Grammaticus: Gesta Danorum / Danmarkshistorien. Trans. Peter Zeeberg. 2 vols. Copenhagen: Det danske sprog- og litteraturselskab & Gads forlag.
- Internal references
- Not published: do not cite (RloðVIII)
- Rory McTurk (ed.) 2017, ‘Ragnars saga loðbrókar 38 (Anonymous Lausavísur, Lausavísur from Ragnars saga loðbrókar 8)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 699.
- Rory McTurk (ed.) 2017, ‘Ragnars saga loðbrókar 8 (Ragnarr loðbrók, Lausavísur 4)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 639.