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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Anon Pl 16VII

[All]: In the legend, Plácitus and his family seek passage to Egypt with a ship’s captain who is variously described as dominus … barbarus ‘the barbarous master’ and scips drottiɴ …heiþiɴ oc grímr ‘the ship’s captain … heathen and cruel’ (A1) (Tucker 1998, 32). The warrior-kennings in sts 16 and 17 refer to this man, who quickly sees that the family is destitute and decides to seize Theopista, whom he finds very attractive, in payment for the crossing.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. Tucker, John, ed. 1998. Plácidus saga. EA B 31. Copenhagen: Reitzel.

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