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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Anon Nkt 40II/4 — kyrri ‘kyrri (‘the Quiet’)’

Tók friðsamr
til fǫðurleifðar
ok ársæll
Óláfr kyrri.
Sá réð* gramr
grýttri foldu
samfast ve*tr
sjau ok tuttugu.

Friðsamr ok ársæll Óláfr kyrri tók til fǫðurleifðar. Sá gramr réð* grýttri foldu samfast sjau ok tuttugu ve*tr.

Peaceful and prosperous Óláfr kyrri (‘the Quiet’) assumed his paternal inheritance. That lord ruled the rocky ground continuously for seven and twenty years.

notes

[4] kyrri ‘(“the Quiet”)’: Óláfr’s nickname is also recorded in Mork (Mork 1928-32, 288) and in ÓlkyrrHkr (ÍF 28, 208). He is also known as bóndi ‘Farmer’ (so Fsk, ÍF 29, 296; ÓlkyrrHkr, ÍF 28, 208). Both nicknames reflect the peace and prosperity of Óláfr’s reign. See also Steinn Óldr.

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