Arnórr Þórðarson jarlaskáld (''Poet of Earls'') (c. 1012 – 1070s) was an Icelandic
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 compo ...
, son of
Þórðr Kolbeinsson. Arnórr travelled as a merchant and often visited the Orkney Islands where he composed poems for the Earls, receiving his byname. For king
Magnus the Good, he composed ''Hrynhenda''. He also composed memorial poems for Magnus the Good and
Haraldr harðráði. He is considered one of the major skalds of the 11th century.
See also
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List of Icelandic writers
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Icelandic literature
References
Arnórr jarlaskáld : HrynhendaText of the poem with short notes on the poet in Norwegian.
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Icelandic male poets
1010s births
1070s deaths
11th-century Icelandic poets