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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Anon Eirm 8I

[4-6]: That Sigmundr immediately asks what in the way of kings Eiríkr brings with him suggests some anxiety on his part. The point would seem to be to show how much Eiríkr’s support is relied upon in Valhǫll (cf. st. 7/5-7 and Note). If this is indeed the poet’s purpose, then in the next stanza it is the number of accompanying kings that matters, not their names, and so the fact that they are not identified need not imply loss of stanzas.

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