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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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Skaldic Poetry as Christian Propaganda
A detailed literary study of fourteenth-century poetry composed in honour of a controversial thirteenth-century bishop. Vernacular poetry was a powerful influence in fourteenth-century Icelandic elite literary culture, even to the extent of providing the means of elevating a local bishop, Guðmundr Arason, to sainthood.openaire +1 more source

