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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Þul Sækonunga 3III

[1] Hjǫrolfr: The name of several legendary persons in the fornaldarsögur (e.g. the brother of king Hálfr in Hálf), but it is not attested in kennings. Hjǫrolfr is an old cpd pers. n. (from hjǫrr m. ‘sword’ and ‑olfr from ulfr m. ‘wolf’) which is engraved on the Istaby stone, c. 650 (RäF 98: Haeruwulafiʀ).

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. RäF = Krause, Wolfgang and Herbert Jankuhn. 1966. Die Runeninschriften im älteren Futhark. Abhandlungen der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Göttingen, Phil.-Hist. Kl., Dritte Folge 65. 2 vols. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
  3. Internal references
  4. 2017, ‘ Anonymous, Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 303. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=75> (accessed 28 March 2024)

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