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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Anon Leið 45VII

[1] drótt ‘company’: In skaldic court poetry, drótt refers to a king’s or earl’s retinue, but here the nature of the poet’s audience is not courtly. It is probably most likely to be monastic or ecclesiastical, but it may be a lay or mixed audience.

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