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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Sigv ErfÓl 10I

[5-6] ærir alms ‘the envoys of the elm-bow [WARRIORS]’: The only complete surviving Viking Age bow is made of yew (Graham-Campbell 1980, 74, 251; see also st. 23/2 below), but elm and ash may also have been used (Solberg 1993, 719).

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. Graham-Campbell, James and Dafydd Kidd. 1980. The Vikings. London: The British Museum and New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
  3. Solberg, Bergliot. 1993. ‘Weapons’. In MedS, 718-20.
  4. Internal references
  5. Not published: do not cite (RunVI)

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