[4] norðsætra ‘of the northern settlements’: Hap. leg. (but see Sveinn NorðdrIII). Cf. hafsætrum ‘in the sea-settlements’ in st. 11/3 below. The northern settlements refer to Hákon’s dominions (Norway, Iceland, Greenland). See also Sturl Hryn 20.
References
- Internal references
- Valgerður Erna Þorvaldsdóttir (ed.) 2009, ‘Sturla Þórðarson, Hrynhenda 20’ 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. 697.