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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages
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Anonymous Lausavísur (Anon)

Lausavísa from Egils saga (Eg) - 1

I. 1. Lausavísa from Ágrip af Nóregskonunga sǫgum (Ágr) - 1

I. 2. Lausavísa from Haralds saga hárfagra in Heimskringla (Hhárf) - 1

I. 3. Lausavísa from Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar in Heimskringla (ÓTHkr) - 1

I. 4. Lausavísa from Fagrskinna (Fsk) - 1

I. 5. Lausavísur from Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar in mesta (ÓT) - 3

I. 6. Lausavísur from Styrbjarnar þáttr Svíakappa (Styrb) - 3

I. 7. Lausavísa from Óláfs saga helga (ÓH) - 1

I. 8. Lausavísur from Vǫlsa þáttr (Vǫlsa) - 14

II. 1. Lausavísa from Magnúss saga góða ok Haralds harðráða (MH) - 1

II. 2. Lausavísur from Haralds saga Sigurðarsonar (HSig) - 9

II. 3. Lausavísur from Óláfs saga kyrra (Ólkyrr) - 2

II. 4. Lausavísa from Knýtlinga saga (Knýtl) - 1

II. 5. Lausavísur from Magnúss saga berfœtts (Mberf) - 7

II. 6. Lausavísa from Orkneyinga saga (Orkn) - 1

II. 7. Lausavísur from Haraldssona saga (Hsona) - 2

II. 8. Lausavísa from Magnúss saga Erlingssonar (MErl) - 1

II. 9. Lausavísur from Sverris saga (Sv) - 6

II. 10. Lausavísur from Hákonar saga Hákonarsonar (Hák) - 3

III. Lausavísur from AM 732 b 4° (732b) - 2

III. 2. Stanzas from the Fourth Grammatical Treatise (FoGT) - 47

III. 3. Stanzas from Snorra Edda (SnE) - 18

III. 4. Stanzas from Laufás Edda (LaufE) - 11

III. 4. Stanzas from the Third Grammatical Treatise (TGT) - 38

IV. Lausavísa from Guðmundar saga biskups B (GBpB) - 1

IV. Lausavísur from Guðmundar saga biskups A (GBpA) - 3

IV. Lausavísur from Hrafns saga (Hrafn) - 9

IV. Lausavísur from Kristni saga (Kristni) - 2

IV. Lausavísur from Landnámabók (Ldn) - 9

IV. Lausavísur from Sturlunga saga (Stu) - 60

V. Lausavísa from Eiríks saga rauða (Eir) - 1

V. Lausavísa from Flóamanna saga (Flóam) - 1

V. Lausavísa from Fóstbræðra saga (Fbr) - 1

V. Lausavísa from Gunnlaugs saga (Gunnl) - 2

V. Lausavísa from Hallfreðar saga (Hallfr) - 1

V. Lausavísa from Harðar saga (Harð) - 1

V. Lausavísa from Kormáks saga (Korm) - 1

V. Lausavísur from Draumr Þorsteins Síðuhallssonar (ÞSHDr) - 3

V. Lausavísur from Eyrbyggja saga (Eb) - 3

V. Lausavísur from Grettis saga (Gr) - 3

V. Lausavísur from Laxdœla saga (Laxd) - 2

V. Lausavísur from Njáls saga (Nj) - 3

VIII. Lausavísa from Gautreks saga (Gautr) - 1

VIII. Lausavísa from Hrólfs saga kraka (Hrólf) - 2

VIII. Lausavísa from Orms þáttr Stórólfssonar (OStór) - 1

VIII. Lausavísa from Ǫrvar-Odds saga (Ǫrv) - 0

VIII. Lausavísur from Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka (Hálf) - 3

VIII. Lausavísur from Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks (Heiðr) - 12

VIII. Lausavísur from Hjálmþérs saga ok Ǫlvis (HjǪ) - 0

VIII. Lausavísur from Ragnars saga loðbrókar (Ragn) - 10

VIII. Lausavísur from Sturlaugs saga starfsama (StSt) - 2

VIII. Lausavísur from Vǫlsunga saga (Vǫls) - 6

not in Skj

2.2: Stanzas from the Third Grammatical Treatise — Anon (TGT)III

Tarrin Wills 2017, ‘(Introduction to) Anonymous, Stanzas from the Third Grammatical Treatise’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 536.

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cross-references:  21 = Anon (TGT) 17III 

SkP info: III, 551

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20 — Anon (TGT) 20III

also: Anonymous Poems, Kviðuháttr verses in praise of a Norwegian ruler 3; Anonymous Poems, Stanzas from TGT put together by FJ (1) 5

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Cite as: Tarrin Wills (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Lausavísur, Stanzas from the Third Grammatical Treatise 20’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 551.

Konungr kappgjarn
kostum betri
allri þjóð
alframr konungr.

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The energetic king, better in [good] qualities for the whole people, the excellent king.

context: Cited as an example of epanalepsis (‘eparalemsis’; TGT 1927, 68): Eparalemsis gerir alt eitt upphaf ok niðrlag vers eða vísu ‘Epanalepsis is where there is the same beginning and end to a line or stanza’. Donatus only applies this figure to single lines of poetry, however.

notes: The figure of epanalepsis is exemplified here by the use of konungr ‘king’ at the beginning and end of the stanza. — The fragment lacks a verb, and the nominal phrases kappgjarn konungr ‘energetic king’ and alframr konungr ‘excellent king’ could also be taken as forms of address. — Another kviðuháttr fragment of a praise poem. See Note to st. 13 [All].

texts: ‹TGT 72›, ‹TGT 3 3›, ‹TGT FJ 1 5, ‹Gramm 74›

editions: Skj Anonyme digte og vers [XII]: C. Vers om ubestemmelige personer og begivenheder 5 (AI, 597; BI, 597); Skald I, 291, NN §§2550, 2989A, 2991B; SnE 1818, 324, SnE 1848, 191, SnE 1848-87, II, 146-7, 419, TGT 1884, 24, 95, 208, TGT 1927, 69, 103.

sources

AM 748 I b 4° (A) 6r, 33 - 6r, 34 (TGT)  transcr.  image  image  
AM 242 fol (W) 107, 2 - 107, 2 (TGT)  transcr.  image  image  image  
AM 761 a 4°x (761ax) 92v, 9 - 92v, 11 (Skáldatal)  image  

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