Old Norse poetry Old Norse poetry encompasses a range of verse forms written in the Old Norse language, during the period from the 8th century to as late as the far end of the 13th century. Old Norse poetry is associated with the area now referred to as Scandinav ...

and later Icelandic poetry, a ''lausavísa'' (pl. ''lausavísur'') is a single

stanza In poetry, a stanza (; from Italian ''stanza'', ; ) is a group of lines within a poem, usually set off from others by a blank line or indentation. Stanzas can have regular rhyme and metrical schemes, but they are not required to have either. ...

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

sagas Sagas are prose stories and histories, composed in Iceland and to a lesser extent elsewhere in Scandinavia. The most famous saga-genre is the (sagas concerning Icelanders), which feature Viking voyages, migration to Iceland, and feuds between ...

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

References

Carmina Scaldica

External links

* Skaldic Poetry Project
Anonymous lausavísa from ''Ágrip af Nóregskonunga sǫgum''
Skaldic poetry {{poetry-stub