[10] Valþjófr: This Valþjófr, lit. ‘Slain-men-thief’, seems to be a purely legendary figure of whom nothing is known, though his name is identical with that of Earl Waltheof (Valþjófr), d. 1076 (mentioned in ÞSkall Valfl 2/1II and Anon Harst 1/3II) and with one of the pseudonyms adopted by the disguised Friðþjófr in Frið 36/13.
References
- Internal references
- Matthew Townend (ed.) 2009, ‘Anonymous Poems, Haraldsstikki 1’ 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. 807-8.
- Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Þorkell Skallason, Valþjófsflokkr 2’ 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. 383-4.
- Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Friðþjófs saga ins frœkna 36 (Friðþjófr Þorsteinsson, Lausavísur 30)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 234.