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Note to RvHbreiðm Hl 51III

[All]: Eiríkr is the Swedish king Eiríkr inn sigrsæli ‘the Victorious’ Bjarnarson (d. c. 995). He was the uncle of Styrbjǫrn inn sterki ‘the Strong’ Óláfsson (sts 57-8), his adversary at the battle of Fýrisvellir (see Introduction to Anon (Styrb) 1-3I; ÍF 26, 130, 215, 229, 287; ÍF 35, 95, 97, 328; Saxo 2005, I, 10, 2, 1-3, pp. 626-9, 10, 10, 1-2, pp. 644-5, 10, 11, 1, pp. 644-7).

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. ÍF 26-8 = Heimskringla. Ed. Bjarni Aðalbjarnarson. 1941-51.
  3. ÍF 35 = Danakonunga sǫgur. Ed. Bjarni Guðnason. 1982.
  4. 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.
  5. Internal references
  6. Matthew Townend (ed.) 2012, ‘Anonymous Lausavísur, Lausavísur from Styrbjarnar þáttr Svíakappa 1’ 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. 1076.

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