Vǫlu-Steinn (VSt)
10th century; volume 3; ed. Edith Marold;
Ǫgmundardrápa (Erf) - 2
The only sources on the life of the poet Vǫlu-Steinn (VSt) are references to him in Landnámabók (Ldn, ÍF 1, 160, 184, 186). He does not appear in Skáldatal, probably because he did not compose poems for any rulers or magnates. According to Ldn (ÍF 1, 186), Vǫlu-Steinn came to Iceland from Hålogaland, Norway, together with his mother Þuríðr sundafyllir ‘Filler of Waterways’ and claimed land in Bolungarvík in the western fjords, presumably around 960. The mother is portrayed as a woman skilled in magic, and her nickname derives from her having magically filled the waters in Hålogaland with fish during a famine there. Her son, Vǫlu-Steinn, must have received his name because he was the son of a vǫlva ‘seeress, sorceress’ (Konráð Gíslason 1874, 25; Guðmundur Þorláksson 1882, 72; Olsen 1916b, 240; LH I, 510). All that remains of his poetry are the two helmingar preserved and attributed to him in Skm (SnE).
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Ǫgmundardrápa —
VSt ErfIII
Edith Marold with the assistance of Vivian Busch, Jana Krüger, Ann-Dörte Kyas and Katharina Seidel, translated from German by John Foulks 2017, ‘ Vǫlu-Steinn, Ǫgmundardrápa’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 427. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=1495> (accessed 18 May 2022)
stanzas: 1
2
Skj: Vǫlu-Steinn: , En drape om hans afdøde sön Ögmundr, hvoraf første vers var forfattet af Gestr enn spaki (AI, 98-9, BI, 93)
in texts: Skm, SnE
SkP info: III, 427
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VSt, Erf ∙ is referred to in ∙ 1. Sigla for Skaldic Poems and Stanzas (SkP 1)
Frank, Roberta. 1978. Old Norse Court Po… ∙ is referred to in ∙ VSt, Erf (SkP 3)
ÍF 1 (parts 1 and 2) = Jak… ∙ is referred to in ∙ VSt, Erf (SkP 3)
LH = Finnur Jónsson. 1920-4. Den … ∙ is referred to in ∙ VSt, Erf (SkP 3)
ÍF 2 = Sigurður Nordal ed.… ∙ is referred to in ∙ VSt, Erf (SkP 3)
SnE 1998 = Snorri Sturluso… ∙ is referred to in ∙ VSt, Erf (SkP 3)
Konráð Gíslason ed. 1892. Udvalg af oldn… ∙ is referred to in ∙ VSt, Erf (SkP 3)
Guðmundur Þorláksson. 1882. Udsigt over … ∙ is referred to in ∙ VSt, Erf (SkP 3)
Konráð Gíslason. 1874. Om navnet Ýmir… ∙ is referred to in ∙ VSt, Erf (SkP 3)
Egils saga Skalla-Grímssonar ∙ is referred to in ∙ VSt, Erf (SkP 3)
Landnámabók ∙ is referred to in ∙ VSt, Erf (SkP 3)
Skáldskaparmál ∙ is referred to in ∙ VSt, Erf (SkP 3)
Egill, St ∙ is referred to in ∙ VSt, Erf (SkP 3)
VSt, Erf ∙ is referred to in ∙ VSt, Erf (SkP 3)
VSt, Erf ∙ is referred to in ∙ 1. Sigla for Skaldic Poems and Stanzas (SkP 3)
VSt, Erf ∙ is referred to in ∙ Y. Contents (manual) (SkP 3)
Egill Skallagrímsson ∙ is referred to in ∙ VSt, Erf (SkP 3)
VSt, Erf ∙ is referred to in ∙ Þorstk Lv 1, n. 2 (SkP 5) |
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