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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Arn Hryn 4II

[3] skjǫldungr ‘king’: Lit. ‘descendant of Skjǫldr’. A son of Óðinn and mythical ruler of Jylland (Jutland; SnE 2005, 6). Arnórr uses the heiti five times, always in reference to Magnús. He may have intended the Dan. associations of the word to flatter Magnús as the rightful ruler of Denmark, especially since the term was also much favoured by the skalds of Knútr inn ríki (Cnut the Great, Frank 1994, 194).

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. Frank, Roberta. 1994a. ‘When Poets Address Princes’. In Gísli Sigurðsson et al. 1994, 189-95.
  3. SnE 2005 = Snorri Sturluson. 2005. Edda: Prologue and Gylfaginning. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. 2nd edn. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.

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