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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Ótt Knútdr 5I

[8] þrøngvir Svía ‘oppressor of the Swedes [= Knútr]’: This term would seem to allude to the battle of Á in helga (Helgeå, Skåne) c. 1026, and together with st. 11 may therefore supply a terminus post quem for the composition of the poem (see Introduction).

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