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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to ǪrvOdd Ævdr 57VIII (Ǫrv 127)

[2] Jórdán ‘the Jordan’: The act of bathing in the River Jordan, ascribed here to the legendary Oddr, followed a well-established practice attributed to a number of Scandinavian rulers of the eleventh and twelfth centuries, including Rǫgnvaldr Kali Kolsson, jarl of Orkney. For a list, see Rv Lv 27II, Note to [All].

References

  1. Internal references
  2. Judith Jesch (ed.) 2009, ‘Rǫgnvaldr jarl Kali Kolsson, Lausavísur 27’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 604-5.

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