Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Einarr Skúlason, Haraldsdrápa II 3’ 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. 546-7.
Alls varð Ellu
ungr geitunga
lofaðr lífgjafi
lands ráðandi.
{Ungr, lofaðr lífgjafi {geitunga Ellu}} varð ráðandi alls lands.
‘The young, lauded life-giver of Ælle’s <Northumbrian king’s> birds [EAGLES > WARRIOR] became the ruler of the entire country.’
The helmingr documents Haraldr becoming the sole ruler of Norway (1135).
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