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Þórðr
Þórðr is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Þórðr Kolbeinsson, 11th century Icelandic skald *Þórðr Sjáreksson, 11th century Icelandic skald *Þórðr Sturluson, brother of Snorri Sturluson Snorri Sturluson ( ; ; 1179 – 22 September 1241) was an Icelandic historian, poet, and politician. He was elected twice as lawspeaker of the Icelandic parliament, the Althing. He is commonly thought to have authored or compiled portions of the ... Icelandic given names {{DEFAULTSORT:Thordr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Þórðr Sjáreksson
Þórðr Sjáreksson was an 11th-century Icelandic skald. He composed a ''drápa'' on Þórólfr Skólmsson, four strophes of which have been preserved in the kings' sagas. He also composed a memorial ''drápa'' on the canonised Olaf II of Norway, called ''Róðadrápa'' (''Drápa of the Rood''), one strophe of which is preserved. A few disjoint strophes by Þórðr on different subjects are also preserved in ''Skáldskaparmál''. ''Skáldatal'' reckons Þórðr among the court poets of both Óláfr Haraldsson and EirÃkr Hákonarson. In ''Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar en mesta'' a short story is told of Þórðr. In the reign of Olaf II, he had travelled to the Holy Land intending to visit Jerusalem. On the way he meets a mysterious tall man who converses with him in the Norse tongue and tells him to go back since the road ahead isn't safe. The stranger asks Þórðr if he knows Hjalti Skeggiason and Þórðr tells him that they are related by marriage. The stranger asks Þórðr to b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Þórðr Kolbeinsson
Þórðr Kolbeinsson (''Thordr Kolbeinsson'') was an 11th-century Icelandic skald, or poet. He was the court poet of EirÃkr Hákonarson and some 17 stanzas of his poetry on the earl are preserved in the kings' sagas. The following example is from EirÃkr's campaign in England with Canute the Great Cnut (; ang, Cnut cyning; non, Knútr inn rÃki ; or , no, Knut den mektige, sv, Knut den Store. died 12 November 1035), also known as Cnut the Great and Canute, was King of England from 1016, King of Denmark from 1018, and King of Norway .... Þórðr is one of the two main characters of '' Bjarnar saga'', where many '' lausavÃsur'' are attributed to him. Þórðr's son, Arnórr Þórðarson jarlaskáld, also became a prestigious poet. ReferencesÞórðr KolbeinssonAll extant poetryLaing's translationExtract {{DEFAULTSORT:Thordr Kolbeinsson Viking Age poets Icelandic poets Skalds 11th-century Icelandic poets ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snorri Sturluson
Snorri Sturluson ( ; ; 1179 – 22 September 1241) was an Icelandic historian, poet, and politician. He was elected twice as lawspeaker of the Icelandic parliament, the Althing. He is commonly thought to have authored or compiled portions of the ''Prose Edda'', which is a major source for what is today known as Norse mythology, and ''Heimskringla'', a history of the Norwegian kings that begins with legendary material in ''Ynglinga saga'' and moves through to early medieval Scandinavian history. For stylistic and methodological reasons, Snorri is often taken to be the author of ''Egil's saga''. He was assassinated in 1241 by men claiming to be agents of the King of Norway. Biography Early life Snorri Sturluson was born in (commonly transliterated as Hvamm or Hvammr) as a member of the wealthy and powerful Sturlungar clan of the Icelandic Commonwealth, in AD 1179. His parents were ''Sturla Þórðarson the Elder'' of ''Hvammur'' and his second wife, ''Guðný Böðvarsdóttir''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
