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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Hókr Eirfl 2I

[7] sætt ‘the peace’: Sætt usually means ‘reconciliation, agreement, treaty’, but Óláfr Tryggvason is not known to have had agreements or treaties with any of his three adversaries, and hence the word is taken here in the sense ‘peace’.

References

  1. Internal references
  2. Diana Whaley 2012, ‘(Biography of) Óláfr Tryggvason’ 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. 383.

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