[3] síð ‘late’: Litotes; meaning that he will never be absolved for this action. Salvucci (2006, 869) suggests that he will obtain absolution after spending a period of atonement in purgatory, which is less likely given the early date of this text (the notion of purgatory was quite late in developing in medieval Europe). For the heinous crime of high treason, see also Notes to Þflekk Lv l. 12 and Rv Lv 32/2.
References
- Bibliography
- Salvucci, Giovanna. 2006. ‘Between Heaven and Hell: The Konungasǫgur and the Emergence of the Idea of Purgatory’. In McKinnell et al. 2006, II, 866-75.
- Internal references
- Kari Ellen Gade 2009, ‘ Þorgeirr flekkr, Lausavísa’ 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. 9-10. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=1432> (accessed 25 April 2024)
- Judith Jesch (ed.) 2009, ‘Rǫgnvaldr jarl Kali Kolsson, Lausavísur 32’ 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. 608-9.