Þórðr Kolbeinsson (ÞKolb)
11th century; volume 1; ed. Jayne Carroll;
Eiríksdrápa (Eirdr) - 17
V. Gunnlaugsdrápa ormstungu (Gunndr) - 1
V. Lausavísur (Lv) - 12
IX. Belgskakadrápa (Belgdr) - 0
Þórðr Kolbeinsson (ÞKolb) was born c. 974 in Iceland (ÍF 3, lxxxviii). The Hauksbók version of Ldn names his father as Kolbeinn klakkhǫfði ‘Lump-head’ (?) Atlason, from Atley (Atløy) in Norway, while the Sturlubók version names him as Kolbeinn Þórðarson (ÍF 1, 99, 144, lxiv-vi). Þórðr’s mother is said in Bjarnar saga Hítdœlakappa (BjH, ÍF 3, 168) to be called Arnóra; in Ldn (ÍF 1, 142) she is also identified as the daughter of Gunnbjǫrn. Þórðr’s home was at Hítarnes in western Iceland; the poet Arnórr jarlaskáld (ArnII), one of Þórðr’s five sons, was born there. Two other sons, Kolbeinn and Kolli, are named in BjH, and three unnamed daughters are also mentioned (ÍF 3, 125, 171-2, 174, 179, 208). Nothing is known about Þórðr’s death.
Þórðr is famous as the villain of BjH, in which he marries Oddný eykyndill ‘Island-candle’ Þorkelsdóttir, having deceived her into believing that Bjǫrn Arngeirsson (BjhítV), to whom she is betrothed, is dead. This intensifies a life-long feud between Þórðr and Bjǫrn which ends with Bjǫrn’s death at Þórðr’s hands.
Skáldatal (SnE 1848-87, III, 253, 257, 258, 261, 262, 266, 274, 280, 283) names Þórðr as poet to four rulers: Eiríkr jarl Hákonarson of Hlaðir (Lade; d. c. 1023); the Norwegian kings Óláfr Haraldsson (d. 1030) and, in the U redaction, Magnús góði ‘the Good’ Óláfsson (d. 1047); and, in the 761aˣ redaction, the Danish king Sveinn Úlfsson (d. 1076). Of these, only Eiríkr is named in source texts as the recipient of surviving stanzas, although BjH (ÍF 3, 126-7) has Þórðr compose and recite a drápa for Óláfr. It is doubtful on chronological grounds that Þórðr composed for Sveinn Úlfsson, and it has been suggested (Fidjestøl 1982, 117) that confusion with Sveinn tjúguskegg ‘Fork-beard’ (d. 1014) might lie behind the erroneous listing. Seventeen stanzas about Eiríkr jarl survive, and in this edition all are attributed to Eiríksdrápa (ÞKolb Eirdr) with varying degrees of confidence. BjH places Þórðr in Eiríkr’s retinue in Norway, c. 1007, delivering a poem entitled Belgskakadrápa ‘Bag-shaking drápa’ (ÍF 3, 115-9), but this may be the same poem as Eirdr, whose content suggests that Þórðr paid court to Eiríkr in England after the conquest of Knútr inn ríki (Cnut the Great) in 1016 and before Eiríkr’s death c. 1023 (see Introduction to Eirdr). In addition to Eirdr, twelve lausavísur (ÞKolb Lv 1-12V) are preserved in BjH, mostly directed against the saga’s hero, Bjǫrn, and a single stanza said to be by Þórðr (ÞKolb GunndrV) survives in praise of the poet Gunnlaugr ormstungu ‘Serpent-tongue’ Illugason (GunnlIV, d. c. 1008; ÍF 3, 101-2). These are edited in SkP V.
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Eiríksdrápa —
ÞKolb EirdrI
Jayne Carroll 2012, ‘ Þórðr Kolbeinsson, Eiríksdrápa’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 487. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=1415> (accessed 20 May 2022)
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in texts: Flat, Fsk, Gramm, Hkr, Jvs, Knýtl, ÓH, ÓHHkr, ÓT, ÓTC, Skm, SnE, TGT
SkP info: I, 487
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Skj B = Finnur Jónsson ed.… ∙ is referred to in ∙ ÞKolb, Eirdr (SkP 1)
Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin ed. 194… ∙ is referred to in ∙ ÞKolb, Eirdr (SkP 1)
Campbell, Alistair. 1971. Skaldic Verse … ∙ is referred to in ∙ ÞKolb, Eirdr (SkP 1)
Fidjestøl, Bjarne. 1982. Det norrøne fyr… ∙ is referred to in ∙ ÞKolb, Eirdr (SkP 1)
CPB = Gudbrand Vigfusson [Guðbran… ∙ is referred to in ∙ ÞKolb, Eirdr (SkP 1)
Turville-Petre, Gabriel. 1976. Scaldic P… ∙ is referred to in ∙ ÞKolb, Eirdr (SkP 1)
LH = Finnur Jónsson. 1920-4. Den … ∙ is referred to in ∙ ÞKolb, Eirdr (SkP 1)
ÍF 3 = Sigurður Nordal et … ∙ is referred to in ∙ ÞKolb, Eirdr (SkP 1)
Hofmann, Dietrich. 1955. Nordisch-englis… ∙ is referred to in ∙ ÞKolb, Eirdr (SkP 1)
Poole, Russell. 1987. Skaldic Verse and … ∙ is referred to in ∙ ÞKolb, Eirdr (SkP 1)
ÍF 29 = Bjarni Aðalbjarnar… ∙ is referred to in ∙ ÞKolb, Eirdr (SkP 1)
Townend, Matthew. 2001. Contextualising … ∙ is referred to in ∙ ÞKolb, Eirdr (SkP 1)
Keynes, Simon. 1994. Cnut’s Earls… ∙ is referred to in ∙ ÞKolb, Eirdr (SkP 1)
Gade, Kari Ellen. 1993. Þórðr Kolbeinsso… ∙ is referred to in ∙ ÞKolb, Eirdr (SkP 1)
AM 20 d fol ∙ is referred to in ∙ ÞKolb, Eirdr (SkP 1)
AM 20 i 23 fol ∙ is referred to in ∙ ÞKolb, Eirdr (SkP 1)
AM 35 fol ∙ is referred to in ∙ ÞKolb, Eirdr (SkP 1)
AM 37 fol ∙ is referred to in ∙ ÞKolb, Eirdr (SkP 1)
AM 38 fol ∙ is referred to in ∙ ÞKolb, Eirdr (SkP 1)
AM 73 a fol ∙ is referred to in ∙ ÞKolb, Eirdr (SkP 1)
AM 78 a fol ∙ is referred to in ∙ ÞKolb, Eirdr (SkP 1)
AM 303 4° ∙ is referred to in ∙ ÞKolb, Eirdr (SkP 1)
Holm papp 41 4° ∙ is referred to in ∙ ÞKolb, Eirdr (SkP 1)
NKS 873 4° ∙ is referred to in ∙ ÞKolb, Eirdr (SkP 1)
OsloUB 371 fol ∙ is referred to in ∙ ÞKolb, Eirdr (SkP 1)
Thott 972 fol ∙ is referred to in ∙ ÞKolb, Eirdr (SkP 1)
Traj 1374 ∙ is referred to in ∙ ÞKolb, Eirdr (SkP 1)
UppsUB R 686 ∙ is referred to in ∙ ÞKolb, Eirdr (SkP 1)
Snorra Edda ∙ is referred to in ∙ ÞKolb, Eirdr (SkP 1)
Heimskringla ∙ is referred to in ∙ ÞKolb, Eirdr (SkP 1)
Knýtlinga saga ∙ is referred to in ∙ ÞKolb, Eirdr (SkP 1)
The Third Grammatical Treatise ∙ is referred to in ∙ ÞKolb, Eirdr (SkP 1)
Jómsvíkinga saga ∙ is referred to in ∙ ÞKolb, Eirdr (SkP 1)
Óláfs saga helga ∙ is referred to in ∙ ÞKolb, Eirdr (SkP 1)
Fagrskinna ∙ is referred to in ∙ ÞKolb, Eirdr (SkP 1)
Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar en mesta ∙ is referred to in ∙ ÞKolb, Eirdr (SkP 1)
Bjarnar saga Hítdœlakappa ∙ is referred to in ∙ ÞKolb, Eirdr (SkP 1)
Arn, Hryn ∙ is referred to in ∙ ÞKolb, Eirdr (SkP 1)
ÞKolb, Eirdr ∙ is referred to in ∙ HSt, Rst (SkP 1)
ÞKolb, Eirdr ∙ is referred to in ∙ ÞKolb, Eirdr (SkP 1)
ÞKolb, Eirdr ∙ is referred to in ∙ Þórðr Kolbeinsson (SkP 1)
ÞKolb, Eirdr ∙ is referred to in ∙ 2. [Continued...] (SkP 1)
ÞKolb, Eirdr ∙ is referred to in ∙ 6. Heimskringla (Hkr) (SkP 1)
ÞKolb, Eirdr ∙ is referred to in ∙ 13. The Separate Saga of S. Óláfr / Óláfs saga helga in sérstaka (ÓH) (SkP 1)
Óláfr Tryggvason ∙ is referred to in ∙ ÞKolb, Eirdr (SkP 1)
Þórðr Kolbeinsson ∙ is referred to in ∙ ÞKolb, Eirdr (SkP 1)
ÞKolb, Eirdr ∙ is referred to in ∙ 1. Sigla for Skaldic Poems and Stanzas (SkP 3)
ÞKolb, Eirdr ∙ is referred to in ∙ Bjarnar saga Hítdœlakappa (SkP 5) |
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