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Early Eddic poetry (c. 850‑1000): The other type of pagan court poetry?
Old Norse poetry is commonly divided into Eddic and skaldic poetry. Skaldic poetry is generally connected to the court, but scholars rarely mention possible contexts of composition of Eddic poetry, and no overview of indications has been published. This chapter presents such an overview. In fact, the evidence is relatively rich and points unambiguously
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Rather than being a genre in its own right, “Eddic poetry” is essentially a body of poetry dealing with Old Nordic mythology and Old Nordic/Germanic heroes that was preserved for the main part in two Icelandic manuscripts from the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries: the Codex Regius (GKS 2365 4to: c. 1270) and the AM 748 IA 4to (c.
Terry Gunnell
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