''Hákonardrápa'' ("
drápa
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 traditionally ...
of Hákon") is the name of several
skaldic poems
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 traditionally ...
. Hákon may refer to:
King
Hákon the Good
Haakon Haraldsson (c. 920–961), also Haakon the Good (Old Norse: ''Hákon góði'', Norwegian: ''Håkon den gode'') and Haakon Adalsteinfostre (Old Norse: ''Hákon Aðalsteinsfóstri'', Norwegian: ''Håkon Adalsteinsfostre''), was the king of ...
Guthormr sindri Guthormr sindri (or Gothormr sindri) is a 10th-century Norwegian skald. He was a court-poet of king Haraldr Fairhair (''hárfagri'') and his sons, Hálfdan the Black (''svarti'') and Hákon the Good (''góði''), for whom he composed the '' Hákona ...
's ''Hákonardrápa'' was composed in the 10th century in the honour of the king of Norway Hákon the Good.
Jarl
Jarl is a rank of the nobility in Scandinavia. In Old Norse, it meant "chieftain", particularly a chieftain set to rule a territory in a king's stead. ''Jarl'' could also mean a sovereign prince. For example, the rulers of several of the petty k ...
Hákon Sigurðarson
Haakon Sigurdsson ( non, Hákon Sigurðarson , no, HÃ¥kon Sigurdsson; 937–995), known as Haakon Jarl (Old Norse: ''Hákon jarl''), was the ''de facto'' ruler of Norway from about 975 to 995. Sometimes he is styled as Haakon the Powerful ( n ...
Other ''drápur'', written later in the 10th century, praise the
Norwegian
Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to:
*Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe
*Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway
*Demographics of Norway
*The Norwegian language, including the ...
jarl Hákon Sigurðarson. They were composed by:
Einarr skálaglamm
Einarr Helgason, known by the epithet ''skálaglamm'' ("tinkle-scales") was a 10th-century Icelandic skald.
He was a court poet of Lord Hákon to whom he dedicated his magnum opus, the '' Vellekla'' (''Gold Dearth''). Einarr's added name ''skál ...
Hallfreðr vandræðaskáld Hallfreðr Óttarsson or Hallfreðr vandræðaskáld (''Troublesome Poet'') (c. 965 – c. 1007) was an Icelandic skald. He is the protagonist of ''Hallfreðar saga'' according to which he was the court poet first of Hákon Sigurðarson, then of Ól ...
Tindr Hallkelsson
Tindr Hallkelsson (Old Norse: ; Modern Icelandic: ) was an Icelandic skald active around the year 1000. He was the court poet of earl Hákon Sigurðarson and fragments of his ''drápa'' on the earl are preserved in ''JómsvÃkinga saga'', the king ...
Þórleifr jarlsskáld Rauðfeldarson
Only one stanza and a few verses of Þórleifr's work on Hákon survived. The stanza (preserved in
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 ...
's ''
Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar ''Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar'' is the name of several kings' sagas on the life of Óláfr Tryggvason, a 10th-century Norwegian king.
Latin lives of Óláfr Tryggvason were written by Oddr Snorrason and by Gunnlaugr Leifsson; both are now lost, but ...
'') especially praises the jarl for having sent nine princes to
Odin
Odin (; from non, Óðinn, ) is a widely revered Æsir, god in Germanic paganism. Norse mythology, the source of most surviving information about him, associates him with wisdom, healing, death, royalty, the gallows, knowledge, war, battle, v ...
(i.e. killed).
King Hákon Hákonarson
The latest ''Hákonardrápur'' refer to the king of Norway Hákon Hákonarson (Hákon the Old). They were composed in the 13th century by:
Gizurr Þorvaldsson
Óláfr Þórðarson hvÃtaskáld
Óláfr Leggsson svartaskáld
See also
* ''
Hákonarflokkr''
* ''
Hákonarkviða''
* ''
Hákonarmál
''Hákonarmál'' (Old Norse: 'The Song of Hákon') is a skaldic poem which the skald Eyvindr skáldaspillir composed about the fall of the Norwegian king Hákon the Good at the battle of Fitjar and his reception in Valhalla. This poem emulates ' ...
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External links
The eight ''Hákonardrápur'' in the original language
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Skaldic poems