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119 MSL (Rolls Series), p. 239. part one 32 ∏essir eru: inn heilagi Ólafr konungr ok inn háleiti Hallvarär, frændi hans, er prÿäa Nóreg meä sínum helgum dómum; inn mæti Magnús Eyjajarl, er birtir Orkneyjar meä sínum heilagleik, hverjum til sæmdar eptirfarandi saga er saman sett. Hér meä eru blessaäir biskupar, Johannes ok Thorlacus, hverir Ísland hafa geislat meä háleitu skini sinna bjartra veräleika. 120 These are, the saint king Olaf, and the exalted Hallvard his kinsman, who adorn Norway with their halidoms; the worshipful Magnus, the Isle-earl, who brightens the Orkneys with his holiness, to whose honour the aftercoming Saga is put together.
229, p. 57. See also Lindow 1995, pp. 8–31. Holmberg 1976, pp. 166–191, and Lid 1975, pp. 58–66. Foote 1993, p. 14. 117 B. Sawyer 1985, pp. 696–697. 118 MSL, p. 335. 119 MSL (Rolls Series), p. 239. part one 32 ∏essir eru: inn heilagi Ólafr konungr ok inn háleiti Hallvarär, frændi hans, er prÿäa Nóreg meä sínum helgum dómum; inn mæti Magnús Eyjajarl, er birtir Orkneyjar meä sínum heilagleik, hverjum til sæmdar eptirfarandi saga er saman sett. Hér meä eru blessaäir biskupar, Johannes ok Thorlacus, hverir Ísland hafa geislat meä háleitu skini sinna bjartra veräleika.
In part Lind’s article is a challenge to accepted notions regarding this litany. Lind shows that, in particular, Dvornik is mistaken in his identification of Western saints such as St Ólafr (whom he believed was King Ólafr Tryggvason) and St Magnús (whom he assumed was the German St Magnus of Fuss). Dvornik 1947, pp. 38–39. The appearance of these Western European saints in this litany has been interpreted as sign of Bohemian influence. However, Lind points out that the Kievan principality had considerable ties, especially through dynastic marriages, with Scandinavia well into the twelfth century (see ch.