[13] eylands ‘from the island’: This cannot be identified with certainty. Vendsyssel, the northernmost part of Jutland, which at the time was still separated from the mainland by Limfjorden, is most likely. See further Note to Sigv Knútdr 8/8.
References
- Internal references
- Matthew Townend (ed.) 2012, ‘Sigvatr Þórðarson, Knútsdrápa 8’ 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. 659.