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Halldórr skvaldri (Hskv)

12th century; volume 2; ed. Kari Ellen Gade;

1. Útfararkviða (Útkv) - 1

2. Útfarardrápa (Útdr) - 12

3. Haraldsdrápa (Hardr) - 5

III. Fragment (Frag) - 1

Skj info: Haldórr skvaldri, Islandsk skjald, 12. årh. (AI, 485-9, BI, 457-61).

Skj poems:
1. Útfararkviða
2. Útfarardrápa
3. Haraldsdrápa

Halldórr skvaldri (Hskv) is otherwise unknown. True to his nickname, skvaldri ‘Prattler’, Halldórr is said to have composed about numerous rulers and noblemen, but little of that poetry has been preserved. According to Skáldatal (SnE 1848-87, III, 252, 254-5, 258, 260, 262-3, 267, 272, 276-7, 283), he commemorated the following persons: Sóni Ívarsson, jarl of Götaland (c. 1100), King Magnús berfœttr ‘Barelegs’ Óláfsson of Norway (d. 1103) and his sons, King Sigurðr jórsalafari ‘Jerusalem-farer’ (d. 1130) and King Haraldr gilli(-kristr) ‘Servant (of Christ)’ (d. 1136), King Eiríkr eymuni ‘the Long-remembered’ of Denmark (d. 1137), the Swed. jarl Karl Sónason (c. 1140), King Sørkvir Kolsson of Sweden (c. 1150), King Ingi Haraldsson of Norway (d. 1161) and the Swed. jarl Jón Sørkvisson. See SnE 1848-87, III, 367-70. What survives of Halldórr’s poetic oeuvre are two poems about Sigurðr jórsalafari (Hskv Útkv, 1 st.; Hskv Útdr, 12 sts) one poem about Haraldr gilli (Hskv Hardr, 5 sts), and a fragment of an encomium (Hskv FragIII), which has been edited in SkP III.

Haraldsdrápa (‘Drápa about Haraldr’) — Hskv HardrII

Kari Ellen Gade 2009, ‘ Halldórr skvaldri, Haraldsdrápa’ 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. 493-6. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=1272> (accessed 22 January 2022)

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Skj: Haldórr skvaldri: 3. Haraldsdrápa, O. 1137 (AI, 488-9, BI, 460-1)

in texts: Fris, Fsk, H-Hr, Hkr, MbHg, Mork

SkP info: II, 493-6

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1 Vol. 2. Halldórr skvaldri, 3. Haraldsdrápa, 1 [Vol. 2, 493] — Hskv Hardr 1II

The following text is from a superseded edition and is not the work of the editor(s) named on this page. It is included for reference only. Do not refer to this site when using this text but rather consult the original edition (Skj where relevant).

Magnús fékk þar miklu,
margs gengis naut, lengri
(valr nam vǫll at hylja
varmr) fylkingar-arma.

 Skj: Haldórr skvaldri: 3. Haraldsdrápa 1 (AI, 488; BI, 460); dróttkvætt; ed. KEG; group: A2; mss: 39, 42x, E, F, H, Hr, J2x, Kx; texts: H-Hr 327, MbHg 1
 
2 Vol. 2. Halldórr skvaldri, 3. Haraldsdrápa, 2 [Vol. 2, 494] — Hskv Hardr 2II

The following text is from a superseded edition and is not the work of the editor(s) named on this page. It is included for reference only. Do not refer to this site when using this text but rather consult the original edition (Skj where relevant).

Harðéla, lézt, herðir
Haddings, á jó tradda
(glaðr tók gramr við hauðri)
gund til Eiríks fundar;
fekk, sás fremstr vas miklu,
fljótmæltr konungr Jóta
(réð Hollseta hræðir)
hraust gengi þér drengja.

 Skj: Haldórr skvaldri: 3. Haraldsdrápa 2 (AI, 489; BI, 460-1); dróttkvætt; ed. KEG; group: A2; mss: F; texts: Fris 4
 
3 Vol. 2. Halldórr skvaldri, 3. Haraldsdrápa, 3 [Vol. 2, 494-5] — Hskv Hardr 3II

The following text is from a superseded edition and is not the work of the editor(s) named on this page. It is included for reference only. Do not refer to this site when using this text but rather consult the original edition (Skj where relevant).

Ásbjǫrn varð, sás orðum
illa helt við stilli,
(gramr fœðir val víða
vígs) í Sarp at stíga;
Nereið lét gramr á grimman
grandmeið Sigars fjanda,
húsþinga galt, hengja,
hrannbáls glǫtuðr mála.

 Skj: Haldórr skvaldri: 3. Haraldsdrápa 3 (AI, 489; BI, 461); dróttkvætt; ed. KEG; group: A2; mss: 39, 42x, E, F, H, Hr, J2x, Kx; texts: H-Hr 328, MbHg 2
 
4 Vol. 2. Halldórr skvaldri, 3. Haraldsdrápa, 4 [Vol. 2, 495-6] — Hskv Hardr 4II

The following text is from a superseded edition and is not the work of the editor(s) named on this page. It is included for reference only. Do not refer to this site when using this text but rather consult the original edition (Skj where relevant).

Máttit ǫld, þás ótta
ógnfýstr konungr lýsti,
(hljóp) fyr hilmis vôpnum
(herflótti) bý verja.

 Skj: Haldórr skvaldri: 3. Haraldsdrápa 4 (AI, 489; BI, 461); dróttkvætt; ed. KEG; group: A2; mss: 301x, 51x, FskAx, FskBx; texts: Fsk 262
 
5 Vol. 2. Halldórr skvaldri, 3. Haraldsdrápa, 5 [Vol. 2, 496] — Hskv Hardr 5II

The following text is from a superseded edition and is not the work of the editor(s) named on this page. It is included for reference only. Do not refer to this site when using this text but rather consult the original edition (Skj where relevant).

Nú's, auðsendir, undir
allr Nóregr þik fallinn,
þín liggr gipt á grœnu
(goðs ráð es þat) láði.

 Skj: Haldórr skvaldri: 3. Haraldsdrápa 5 (AI, 489; BI, 461); dróttkvætt; ed. KEG; group: A2; mss: Mork; texts: Mork 192
 

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