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Þorfinnr Munnr
List of Scandinavian skalds. List A * Aðils konungr (Aðils) * Alrekr konungr (Alrekr) * Angantýr Arngrímsson Angantyr, (Angantýr) * Angantyr#Angantyr Heidreksson, Angantýr Heiðreksson (AngH) * Arnfinnr's daughter (jarls) * Arngrímr ábóti Brandsson (Arngr) * Arnórr Þórðarson, Arnórr jarlaskáld Þórðarson (Arn) * Atli litli (Atli) * Auðr (Auðr) * Auðunn illskælda (Auðunn) * Ámundi Árnason (ÁmÁrn) * Án bogsveigir (Án) * Ármóðr (Árm) * Ármóðr's daughter (Ármóðsd) * Árni ábóti Jónsson (Árni) * Árni óreiða Magnússon (Áóreið) * Ásbjǫrn Þorsteinsson (ÁsbÞ) * Ásbjǫrn (Ásb) * Ásdís Bárðardóttir (Ásd) * Ásgrímr Jónsson (Ásgr) * Ásgrímr Ketilsson (ÁKet) * Ásmundr hærulangr (Ásmh) * Ásmundr kappabana (Ásmk) * Ásmundr (Ásm) B * Bárðr á Upplǫndum (Bárðr) * Bersi Skáld-Torfuson (Bersi) * Bjarmi jarl (Bjarmij) * Bjarni ...ason (Bjarni) * Bjarni byskup Kolbeinsson (Bjbp) * Bjarni gullbrárskáld Hallbjarnarson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skald
A skald, or skáld (Old Norse: ; , meaning "poet"), is one of the often named poets who composed skaldic poetry, one of the two kinds of Old Norse poetry in alliterative verse, the other being Eddic poetry. Skaldic poems were traditionally composed to honor kings, but were sometimes Extemporaneous speaking, ex tempore. They include both extended works and single verses (''Lausavísa, lausavísur''). They are characteristically more ornate in form and diction than eddic poems, employing many kennings, which require some knowledge of Norse mythology, and heiti, which are formal nouns used in place of more prosaic synonyms. ''Dróttkvætt'' metre (poetry), metre is a type of skaldic verse form that most often use internal rhyme and alliteration. More than 5,500 skaldic verses have survived, preserved in more than 700 manuscripts, including in several sagas and in Snorri Sturluson's ''Prose Edda'', a handbook of skaldic composition that led to a revival of the art. Many of these vers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
