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and later

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, a ''lausavísa'' (pl. ''lausavísur'') is a single

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composition, or a set of stanzas unconnected by narrative or thematic continuity. Lausavísur are often introduced in the text of

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with the phrase ''þá kvað'' (then said).

References

Carmina Scaldica

External links

* Skaldic Poetry Project
Anonymous lausavísa from ''Ágrip af Nóregskonunga sǫgum''
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