Jórunn skáldmær ("poet-maiden") was a
Norwegian
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skald active in the first half of the 10th century. Only two stanzas and three half-stanzas of her ''Sendibítr'' ("Biting message") were preserved, mostly in
Snorri Sturluson's works, such as ''
Saga of Harald Fairhair'' and ''
Skáldskaparmál
''Skáldskaparmál'' (Old Norse: 'The Language of Poetry'; c. 50,000 words; ; ) is the second part of the ''Prose Edda''.
The section consists of a dialogue between Ægir, the divine personification of the sea, and Bragi, the god of poetry, ...
''. The ''Sendibítr'', which deals with a conflict between
Harald Fairhair
Harald Fairhair no, Harald hårfagre Modern Icelandic: ( – ) was a Norwegian king. According to traditions current in Norway and Iceland in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, he reigned from 872 to 930 and was the first King of Nor ...
and his son Halfdan the Black, is the longest recorded skaldic poem composed by a woman.
[Borovsky, Zoe. 1999. "Never in public: Women and performance in Old Norse Literature". ''Journal of American Folklore''. 112 (443): 6–39.]
See also
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Hildr Hrólfsdóttir
Hildr or Ragnhildr Hrólfsdóttir was a 9th-century woman who is referenced in various Old Norse sources including ''Óláfs saga helga'', '' Orkneyinga saga'', and ''Landnámabók'' and is also one of the few female skalds from whom verses survi ...
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Gunnhildr konungamóðir
Gunnhildr konungamóðir (''mother of kings'') or Gunnhildr Gormsdóttir, whose name is often Anglicised as Gunnhild (c. 910 – c. 980) is a quasi-historical figure who appears in the Icelandic Sagas, according to which she was ...
*
Steinunn Refsdóttir
Notes
External links
Jórunn's ''Sendibítr'' in the original language
10th-century Norwegian women
10th-century women writers
10th-century writers
Norwegian women poets
10th-century Norwegian poets
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