Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Sturla Þórðarson, Hákonarkviða 6’ 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. 703-4.
[1, 4] til Ósló bæjar ‘to the town of Oslo’: The capital city of present-day Norway. See Note to Gísl Magnkv 2/1.
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lítill (adj.; °lítinn): little
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síðarr (adv.): later
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ǫðlingr (noun m.; °; -ar): prince, ruler
[3] öðlings: lofðungs corrected to ‘odl[…]gs’ 8
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
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Ósló (noun f.): [Oslo]
[1, 4] til Ósló bæjar ‘to the town of Oslo’: The capital city of present-day Norway. See Note to Gísl Magnkv 2/1.
[1, 4] til Ósló bæjar ‘to the town of Oslo’: The capital city of present-day Norway. See Note to Gísl Magnkv 2/1.
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
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þar (adv.): there
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
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1. stál (noun n.; °-s; -): steel, weapon, prow < stálhvǫtuðr (noun m.)
[6] stálhvötuð: ‘hautud hilldar’ Flat; stál‑: om. 81a, 8
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hvǫtuðr (noun m.): inciter < stálhvǫtuðr (noun m.)
[6] stálhvötuð: ‘hautud hilldar’ Flat; ‑hvötuð: ‘‑hotuð’ 42ˣ
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3. á (prep.): on, at
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glapstígr (noun m.): pernicious path
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grýtlingr (noun m.): [Grýtlingar]
[8] lið Grýtlinga ‘the force of the Grýtlingar [= the Ribbungar]’: Grýtlingar (lit. ‘Gravelings’) is a hap. leg. derived from grjót ‘stone, gravel, rock’. It is used here to designate the Ribbungar, most likely in the sense of ‘people who stay among cliffs and rocks or live in caves’ (i.e. ‘outlaws’). See also Note to Sturl Hákfl 5/8. The Ribbungar (lit. ‘robbers, rabble’), a political faction that arose in Norway around 1220, were the adherents of the royal pretender Sigurðr ribbungr. Sigurðr was the son of Erlingr steinveggr ‘Stonewall’ (d. 1207), who claimed to be the son of King Magnús Erlingsson. For Erlingr and his life, see Bǫgl 1988, II. See also Note to st. 1/8 above.
[8] lið Grýtlinga ‘the force of the Grýtlingar [= the Ribbungar]’: Grýtlingar (lit. ‘Gravelings’) is a hap. leg. derived from grjót ‘stone, gravel, rock’. It is used here to designate the Ribbungar, most likely in the sense of ‘people who stay among cliffs and rocks or live in caves’ (i.e. ‘outlaws’). See also Note to Sturl Hákfl 5/8. The Ribbungar (lit. ‘robbers, rabble’), a political faction that arose in Norway around 1220, were the adherents of the royal pretender Sigurðr ribbungr. Sigurðr was the son of Erlingr steinveggr ‘Stonewall’ (d. 1207), who claimed to be the son of King Magnús Erlingsson. For Erlingr and his life, see Bǫgl 1988, II. See also Note to st. 1/8 above.
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In the summer of 1221, Hákon and Skúli Bárðarson lay with their ships near Hovedøya in Oslofjorden when they heard that the Ribbungar were attacking Oslo. They sailed with their fleet to Oslo and put the Ribbungar to flight.
For this event, see also Sturl Hákfl 2.
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