Bjarni byskup Kolbeinsson (Bjbp)
13th century; volume 1; ed. Jonna Louis-Jensen;
Jómsvíkingadrápa (Jóms) - 45
Bjarni Kolbeinsson (Bjbp) was born into a powerful family in the Orkney Islands, possibly c. 1150-60 (af Petersens, Jvs 1879, 122). His father was the Norwegian-Orcadian chieftain Kolbeinn hrúga ‘Heap’ and his mother was Herborg, a great-granddaughter of Páll jarl Þorfinnsson on the maternal side (see Ættaskrár [Genealogies] II in ÍF 35). Bjarni was also very well connected: he was a close friend of Haraldr jarl Maddaðarson (ÍF 35, 289), sent precious gifts to Hrafn Sveinbjarnarson in Iceland on three occasions (Guðrún P. Helgadóttir 1987, 2-3), and had connections with the Oddaverjar (see further Einar Ól. Sveinsson 1937, 17-18, 34-9).
Bjarni was Bishop of Orkney from 1188 (ÍF 35, 289) until his death on 15 September 1223. Among his achievements as bishop were the exhumation and canonisation of Rǫgnvaldr jarl Kali Kolsson (ÍF 35, 282; SkP II, 575) and the extension of St Magnús’s Cathedral in Kirkwall. Bjarni was also a diplomat and is known to have travelled to Norway for political reasons in 1194-5, 1208-9, 1210, 1218 and 1223 (see Bugge 1875, 244; Holtsmark 1937a, 2-3); he probably died in Norway (Jón Stefánsson 1907-8, 46).
Bjarni is introduced as Bjarni skáld ‘Poet’ in Orkn (ÍF 35, 193), but Jómsvíkingadrápa (Jóms) is the only literary work attributed to him in medieval sources. Suggestions that he compiled Orkn (Jón Stefánsson 1907-8) and the þulur in SnE (Bugge 1875) have not been generally accepted; see Introduction to Jóms below on the attribution of Anon Mhkv to Bjarni.
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Jómsvíkingadrápa (‘Drápa about the Jómsvíkingar’)
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Emily Lethbridge 2012, ‘(Introduction to) Bjarni byskup Kolbeinsson, Jómsvíkingadrápa’ 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. 954.
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Skj: Bjarni Kolbeinsson: Jómsvíkingadrápa (AII, 1-10, BII, 1-10); stanzas (if different): 2 |
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references to this stanza: metre: dróttkvætt ∙ is a property of ∙ Bjbp Jóms 1 (2049)
Fms = Sveinbjörn Egilsson eds. 18… ∙ is referred to in ∙ Bjbp Jóms 1 (SkP 1)
Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin ed. 194… ∙ is referred to in ∙ Bjbp Jóms 1 (SkP 1)
Jvs 1879 = Petersens, Carl… ∙ is referred to in ∙ Bjbp Jóms 1 (SkP 1)
Bjbp, Jóms ∙ is referred to in ∙ Bjbp Jóms 1 (SkP 1)
Bjbp Jóms 1 ∙ is referred to in ∙ HSt Rst 34, n. 7 (SkP 1)
Bjbp Jóms 1 ∙ is referred to in ∙ 1. Mythological and Legendary Names (SkP 1)
Bjbp Jóms 1 ∙ is referred to in ∙ 3. Sources for skaldic poetry cited in the kings’ sagas: manuscripts, facsimiles and editions (SkP 1)
Bjbp Jóms 1 ∙ is referred to in ∙ 1. Snorra Edda (SnE) (SkP 1)
Bjbp Jóms 1 ∙ is referred to in ∙ Anon Mhkv 1, n. 1 (SkP 3)
Bjbp Jóms 1 ∙ is referred to in ∙ Anon Mhkv 29, n. 3 (SkP 3)
Bjbp Jóms 1 ∙ is referred to in ∙ Anon, Mhkv (SkP 3)
Bjbp Jóms 1 ∙ is referred to in ∙ HaukrV Ísldr 1, n. All (SkP 4)
Bjbp Jóms 1 ∙ is referred to in ∙ HaukrV Ísldr 1, n. 2-4 (SkP 4)
Bjbp Jóms 1 ∙ is referred to in ∙ (SkP 5)
Bjbp Jóms 1 ∙ is referred to in ∙ Hallmundr bergbúinn (SkP 5) |
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