Poem about Hákon — Ólhv HákII
Óláfr hvítaskáld ÞórðarsonLauren Goetting 2009, ‘ Óláfr hvítaskáld Þórðarson, Poem about Hákon’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 657-8. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=1324> (accessed 7 May 2024)
One st. is preserved of Óláfr Þórðarson’s encomiastic poem honouring King Hákon Hákonarson of Norway. The title Poem about Hákon (Ólhv Hák) is a modern construct, and no title is assigned to the st. in the prose text. The length of the original poem is unascertainable.
The st. describes King Hákon’s campaign in Värmland, Sweden (1225). It is recorded in Hák in E, F, 42ˣ, 81a, and Flat. E has been chosen as the main ms.
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