Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Anonymous Poems, Nóregs konungatal 50’ 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. 792.
Réð ágætr
ok ellifu
sextán vetr
Sigurðr fyr ríki,
áðr mannskœð
Mœra dróttins
banasótt
brygði lífi.
Ágætr Sigurðr réð fyr ríki sextán ok ellifu vetr, áðr mannskœð banasótt brygði lífi {dróttins Mœra}.
Splendid Sigurðr ruled the realm sixteen and eleven years before a man-harming, deadly disease ended the life {of the lord of the Mœrir} [NORWEGIAN KING = Sigurðr].
Mss: Flat(144vb)
Editions: Skj AI, 586, Skj BI, 584-5, Skald I, 284-5; Flat 1860-8, II, 525.
Notes: [All]: Sigurðr ruled Norway from 1103 until his death on 26 March 1130.
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