''Knútsdrápur'' (plural of ''Knútsdrápa'') are

Old Norse Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and their overseas settlemen ...

skaldic compositions in the form of '' drápur'' which were recited for the praise of Canute the Great. There are a number of these: * The '' Knútsdrápa'' by

Óttarr svarti Óttarr svarti (“Óttarr the Black”) was an 11th-century Icelandic skald. He was the court poet first of Óláfr skautkonungr of Sweden, then of Óláfr Haraldsson of Norway, the Swedish king Anund Jacob and finally of Cnut the Great of Denm ...

* The ''Knútsdrapa'' by

Sigvatr Þórðarson Sigvatr Þórðarson or Sighvatr Þórðarson or Sigvat the Skald (995–1045) was an Icelandic skald. He was a court poet to King Olaf II of Norway, as well as Canute the Great, Magnus the Good and Anund Jacob, by whose reigns his floruit ca ...

* Eight poetic fragments thought to derive from a single ''Knútsdrapa'' by Hallvarðr háreksblesi

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