Arnórr Þórðarson jarlaskáld (''Poet of Earls'') (c. 1012 – 1070s) was an Icelandic
skald
A skald, or skáld (Old Norse: , later ; , meaning "poet"), is one of the often named poets who composed skaldic poetry, one of the two kinds of Old Norse poetry, the other being Eddic poetry, which is anonymous. Skaldic poems were traditionall ...
, son of
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 ...
. Arnórr travelled as a merchant and often visited the Orkney Islands where he composed poems for the Earls, receiving his byname. For king Magnus I of Norway, Magnus the Good, he composed ''Hrynhenda''. He also composed memorial poems for Magnus the Good and Harald III of Norway, Haraldr harðráði. He is considered one of the major skalds of the 11th century.
See also
* List of Icelandic writers
* Icelandic literature
References
Arnórr jarlaskáld : HrynhendaText of the poem with short notes on the poet in Norwegian.
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Icelandic male poets
1010s births
1070s deaths
11th-century Icelandic poets