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Skaldic poetry was one of the most significant literary products of the Western Middle Ages and among the most complex. It probably originated among Scandinavian poets at the courts of Norwegian kings and jarls during the ninth century and was intended as a means of celebrating the highlights of the rulers’ careers in an oral poetic medium.
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Skaldic poetry was one of the most significant literary products of the Western Middle Ages and among the most complex. It probably originated among Scandinavian poets at the courts of Norwegian kings and jarls during the ninth century and was intended as a means of celebrating the highlights of the rulers’ careers in an oral poetic medium.
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, 2008 Bears, kennings, and skaldic poetry
2023The article analyses those skaldic stanzas in Old Norse literature which present bear ...
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Skaldic Toponymics in the Knútsdrápur
GRAPHOSPHAERA Writing and Written PracticesThe article shows that the primary function of toponyms in the Knútsdrápur by Þórarinn loftunga, Óttarr svarti and Hallvarðr Háreksblesi is panegyrical: in Þórarinn’s Tøgdrápa, the use of toponyms (oronyms and hydronyms) creates the impression of Norway’s complete submission to Knút the Conquerer; in Óttarr’s Knútsdrápa, they serve to legitimise Knút’s
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