''Háttalykill inn forni'', also known in short as ''Háttalykill'', is an
Old Norse
Old Norse, also referred to as Old Nordic or Old Scandinavian, was a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants ...
poem, attributed to
Rögnvaldr Kali Kolsson of Orkney and
Hallr Þórarinsson in the
Orkneyinga Saga
The ''Orkneyinga saga'' (Old Norse: ; ; also called the ''History of the Earls of Orkney'' and ''Jarls' Saga'') is a narrative of the history of the Orkney and Shetland islands and their relationship with other local polities, particularly No ...
. The poem survives only in late manuscripts. The form of the poem is mainly
greppaminni, principally a form of questions and corresponding answers. The style is vernacular.
The subject matter of the poem is a listing of heroes, both legendary and historic.
References
Quinn, Judy, "''Eddu list:'' The Emergence of Skaldic Pedagogy in Medieval Iceland," ''Alvíssmál'' 4, 1994, pp. 69–92.
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Carl L. Thunberg, Thunberg, Carl L., ''Slaget på Fyrisvallarna i ny tolkning''
'The Battle of Fýrisvellir in a New Interpretation'' 2012, pp. 53-56. .
Old Norse poetry
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