Fragment — Þblǫnd FragIII
Þorvaldr blǫnduskáldVivian Busch 2017, ‘ Þorvaldr blǫnduskáld, Fragment’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 489. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=1426> (accessed 3 May 2024)
This helmingr by Þorvaldr blǫnduskáld (Þblǫnd Frag) is recorded in Skm (SnE) and LaufE. It is composed in kviðuháttr metre, which might hint at the poem’s genre, since this metre is often used in longer genealogical or memorial poems (cf. the section on kviðuháttr in the General Introduction ‘4.3. Skaldic metres’ in SkP I). Because Þorvaldr is listed among the skalds of Sigurðr jórsalafari ‘Jerusalem-farer’ (r. 1103-30) in Skáldatal, the helmingr can be dated to the first half of the twelfth century (see Þorvaldr’s Biography above). The relevant mss for this edition are R (main ms.), Tˣ, W, U, B (SnE), as well as 743ˣ and 2368ˣ (LaufE).
References
- Bibliography
- SkP I = Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Ed. Diana Whaley. 2012.
- Internal references
- Edith Marold 2017, ‘Snorra Edda (Prologue, Gylfaginning, Skáldskaparmál)’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols [check printed volume for citation].
- (forthcoming), ‘ Snorri Sturluson, Skáldskaparmál’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=112> (accessed 3 May 2024)
- Not published: do not cite ()
- (forthcoming), ‘ Unattributed, Laufás Edda’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=10928> (accessed 3 May 2024)
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