[6] Ormr ‘(“Serpent”)’: Óláfr’s famous warship Ormr inn langi ‘the Long Serpent’, frequently named in contemporary poetry, as well as being the subject of word-play in st. 21/4 below, for example; see also Notes to Hfr ErfÓl 10/1, Hókr Eirfl 3/4.
References
- Internal references
- Kate Heslop (ed.) 2012, ‘Hallfreðr vandræðaskáld Óttarsson, Erfidrápa Óláfs Tryggvasonar 10’ 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. 415.
- Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2012, ‘Halldórr ókristni, Eiríksflokkr 3’ 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. 475.