Jórunn skáldmær (Jór)
10th century; volume 1; ed. Judith Jesch;
Sendibítr (Send) - 5
Nothing is known of Jórunn skáldmær ‘Poet-maiden’ (Jór): who she was, when or where she lived, or when or why she composed the poem Sendibítr (Send) attributed to her. Her nickname indicates a young, unmarried woman who composed poetry. Jórunn is the only female poet among the sixty-seven skalds named in Skm (SnE 1998, I, lv-lix). Mss C(9r) and Tˣ(41v) have the masculine name Jǫrundr instead, but this is unlikely to be significant, as no poet by the name of Jǫrundr is otherwise known – it is an understandable mistake given how rare named women poets were. Jórunn is often assumed to have been a tenth-century Norwegian, contemporary with Kings Haraldr and Hálfdan, but the dating of Send, and therefore of her lifetime, is uncertain (see Introduction below).
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Sendibítr (‘Biting message’)
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Jór SendI
Judith Jesch 2012, ‘ Jórunn skáldmær, Sendibítr’ 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. 143. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=1286> (accessed 24 May 2022)
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Skj: Jórunn skáldmær: Sendibítr, om Harald hårfagre (AI, 60-1, BI, 53-4)
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Cite as: Judith Jesch (ed.) 2012, ‘Jórunn skáldmær, Sendibítr 1’ 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. 145. Bragningr réð í blóði
— beið herr konungs reiði —
— hús lutu opt fyr eisum —
óþjóðar slǫg rjóða.
| Bragningr réð rjóða slǫg í blóði óþjóðar; herr beið reiði konungs; hús lutu opt fyr eisum. The ruler reddened weapons in the blood of evil people; the army suffered the king’s anger; houses often collapsed because of fires.
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texts: ‹Skm 407›,
‹SnE 409› editions: Skj Jórunn skáldmær: Sendibítr 1 (AI, 60; BI, 53); Skald I, 33, NN §§247, 303B; SnE 1848-87, I, 524, II, 344, 541, 608, SnE 1931, 184, SnE 1998, I, 103-4, 222.
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GKS 2367 4° (R) |
40r, 10 - 40r, 11 |
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Traj 1374x (Tx) |
41v, 22 - 41v, 23 |
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DG 11 (U) |
37v, 15 - 37v, 17 |
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AM 748 I b 4° (A) |
15r, 31 - 15r, 32 |
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AM 757 a 4° (B) |
6v, 23 - 6v, 24 |
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AM 744 4°x (744x) |
42v, 9 - 42v, 12 |
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AM 748 II 4° (C) |
9r, 29 - 9r, 30 |
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AM 761 b 4°x (761bx) |
218r, 2 - 218r, 5 |
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