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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Ív Sig 18II

[4] við gram Jóta ‘from the lord of the Jótar [DANISH KING = Eiríkr]’: This could have been the Dan. king Eiríkr eymuni ‘the Long-remembered’ Eiríksson (r. 1134-7). See Note to Hskv Hardr 2/4. However, Eiríkr died late in the summer of 1137, and because Sigurðr (and Magnús) spent the winter of 1137-8 in Denmark, it is more likely that it refers to Eiríkr’s successor, Eiríkr lamb ‘Lamb’ Hákonarson (r. 1137-46), the great-grandson of Jarl Hákon Ívarsson.

References

  1. Internal references
  2. Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Halldórr skvaldri, Haraldsdrápa 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, p. 494.

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