Jórunn skáldmær ("poet-maiden") was a
Norwegian 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 traditionally ...
active in the first half of the 10th century. Only two stanzas and three half-stanzas of her ''Sendibítr'' ("Biting message") were preserved, mostly 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 works, such as ''
Saga of Harald Fairhair
The Saga of Harald Fairhair (''Haralds saga hárfagra'') is the third of the sagas in Snorri Sturluson's ''Heimskringla'', after ''Ynglinga saga'' and the saga of Halfdan the Black. Snorri sagas were written in Iceland in the 1220s. This saga i ...
'' and ''
Skáldskaparmál''. The ''Sendibítr'', which deals with a conflict between
Harald Fairhair and his son Halfdan the Black, is the longest recorded skaldic poem composed by a woman.
[Borovsky, Zoe. 1999. "Never in public: Women and performance in Old Norse Literature". ''Journal of American Folklore''. 112 (443): 6–39.]
See also
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Hildr Hrólfsdóttir
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Gunnhildr konungamóðir
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Steinunn Refsdóttir
Steinunn Refsdóttir was an Icelandic skald active at the end of the 10th century. Two verses by her are preserved, in which she taunts the missionary Þangbrandr.
The daughter of Refr ''hinn mikill'' ("the Great") and Finna, Steinunn was both des ...
Notes
External links
Jórunn's ''Sendibítr'' in the original language
10th-century Norwegian women
10th-century women writers
10th-century writers
Norwegian women poets
10th-century Norwegian poets
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