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A SELECTION OF SKALDIC POEMS [PDF]
Studia Litterarum, 2016 Rendering skaldic poetry into another language is a challenge for translators. The main feature of this poetic system is its highly intricate form governed by rigid rules.
Elena A. Gurevich
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Skaldic Poetry across Borders. Sigvatr Þórðarson’s Austrfararvísur
Lea, 2023 The Austrfararvísur (Verses on a Journey to the East) could be defined as a poem of borders: in these vísur Sigvatr Þórðarson, the skald of Óláfr the Saint, narrates his crossing of various geographical, political, and religious borders.
Maria Cristina Lombardi
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Impossibilia: Revista Internacional de Estudios Literarios, 2021 This paper contributes to a growing body of research investigating the role of translations in the post-medieval reception of Old Norse-Icelandic literature.
Edel PORTER
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Mythical and Metaphorical Landscapes in Skaldic Poetry [PDF]
European Journal of Scandinavian Studies, 2017 AbstractIt is in vain that one looks for realistic descriptions of landscapes in skaldic poetry. There is no interest in the landscapes where the actions which are the only concerns of this genre take place. However, landscape features such as mountains, the sea, trees, caves or the sky are perceptible in the system of the kennings, yet only as more or
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How Formulaic is a Skaldic Formula? On the Function of Echoes in Dróttkvætt Poetry
NeophilologusAbstract This article addresses the notion of formulaicity and the question of its applicability to the Old Norse skaldic corpus, a substantial part of which belongs to the pre-literate period of poetic composition ( c. 850–1150). With
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Archaic Martial Traditions in High Medieval Scandinavia: A Glimpse of Viking Age Warfare?
Viking, 2021 Most written evidence regarding warfare in Viking Age Scandinavia originates either from contemporaneous chronicles – recorded by those at the receiving end of Norse attacks – from skaldic poetry, or from high medieval Scandinavian texts.
Beñat Elortza Larrea
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A skald in royal service – the case Þórarinn loftunga. Part 2: Poetics and ideology of Tøgdrápa
Studia Maritima, 2021 The present study is focused on Tøgdrápa (Journey drápa), a poem Þórarinn devoted to Knútr’s expedition to Norway in 1028. A distinguished feature of Tøgdrápa is its metre – tøglag (journey metre).
Jakub Morawiec
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A skald in royal service – the case Þórarinn loftunga. Part 1: Ideological contexts of Hofuðlausn
Studia Maritima, 2020 The first half of the 11th century was marked by serious challenges for the skaldic art. An advent of Christianity in the North in general and the baptism of numerous rulers in par- ticular, made skalds make efforts to implement symbolism of the new ...
Jakub Morawiec
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Religionsvidenskabeligt Tidsskrift, 2022 : No one shows much surprise at the many kennings referring to poetry and the mead of poetry that are found in the Old Norse corpus of poetry. There is, however, another group of rather puzzling kennings, which seem to have been taken mainly at face ...
Ingunn Ásdísardóttir
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Gilds, states and societies in the early Middle Ages
Early Medieval Europe, Volume 28, Issue 4, Page 627-662, November 2020., 2020 The early medieval gilds of north‐west Europe were very different from their later medieval descendants. They were not specifically urban or economic in focus, instead being based on religious devotion, feasting and mutual protection, usually among members united by status and geography.
Rory Naismith
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