Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Haraldr harðráði Sigurðarson, Lausavísur 5’ 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. 47.
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ljúga (verb): lie
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hafa (verb): have
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Baldr (noun m.): [Baldr, Baldur]
[1] Baldr: One of the Æsir in ON mythology (a son of Óðinn). The name functions as the base-word in two kennings for ‘warrior’ (see ÞjóðA Lv 3 below), which is highly unusual within the same st.
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3. at (prep.): at, to
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Baldr (noun m.): [Baldr, Baldur]
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King Sveinn Úlfsson of Denmark fails to show up for a stipulated meeting in the river Götaälv (in present-day Sweden, then a part of Denmark) between himself and Haraldr.
For this event, see also Þfagr Sveinn 2-5.
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