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Note to Skúli Svǫlðr 2III

[7] mynni Svǫlðrar ‘the mouth of Svolder’: This phrase, with st. 4/2 the only skaldic mention of the name, suggests Svolder (Svǫlðr) was a river or inlet, rather than an islet as in most prose (and perhaps some other skaldic) sources. The location of this battle site is a classic Streitfrage of Norse historiography. Baetke (1951) reviews the evidence and concludes Svolder was the body of water between Vorpommern and the islands of the southern Baltic, while another body of opinion (e.g. Megaard 1999, 49; Rasmussen 2000), usually associated with the Swedish historian Lauritz Weibull, favours a site in or near the Øresund; Andersen (1977, 104-5) gives an excellent concise summary of the debate.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. Andersen, Per Sveaas. 1977. Samlingen av Norge og kristningen av landet 800-1130. Handbok i Norges historie 2. Bergen: Universitetsforlaget.
  3. Megaard, John. 1999. ‘Hvor sto “Slaget i Hjǫrungavágr”? Jomsvikingeberetningens stedsnavn og Sæmundr fróði’. alv 9, 29-54.
  4. Baetke, Walter. 1951. Christliches Lehngut in der Sagareligion: Das Svoldr-Problem. Berichte über die Verhandlungen der Sächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, Phil.-Hist. Kl. 98 (6). Berlin: Akademie-Verlag.
  5. Rasmussen, Knud. 2000. ‘Slaget ved Svold/Sejerø år 1000’. Fra Holbæk Amt: Årbog for historisk samfund for Holbæk amt, 69-78.

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