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, ‘(Introduction to) 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.
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Skj: Jórunn skáldmær: Sendibítr, om Harald hårfagre (AI, 60-1, BI, 53-4)
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The following text is from a superseded edition and is not the work of the editor(s) named on this page. It is included for reference only. Do not refer to this site when using this text but rather consult the original edition (Skj where relevant).
Haralds frák Halfdan spyrja
herðibrǫgð, en lǫgðis
sýnisk svartleitr reyni
sjá bragr, ens hárfagra.
texts: ‹Flat 186 (4)›,
‹HHárf 27 (I 59),
‹ÓH 2›,
‹ÓT 3›,
‹Hkr 69 (I 59)› editions: Skj Jórunn skáldmær: Sendibítr 2 (AI, 60; BI, 53); Skald I, 33; Hkr 1893-1901, I, 154, IV, 43-4, ÍF 26, 142 (HHárf ch. 36), F 1871, 60; Fms 1, 13, Fms 12, 25, ÓH 1941, I, 12 (ch. 3), Flat 1860-8, I, 45; ÓT 1958-2000, I, 13 (ch. 5).
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AM 35 folx (Kx) |
76v, 13 - 76v, 16 |
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AM 45 fol (F) |
13rb, 32 - 13rb, 34 |
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AM 37 folx (J1x) |
44v, 12 - 44v, 14 |
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Holm perg 2 4° (Holm2) |
2v, 17 - 2v, 19 |
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Thott 972 folx (972x) |
12va, 41 - 12va, 43 |
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AM 325 VI 4° (325VI) |
2va, 32 - 2va, 34 |
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AM 73 a folx (73ax) |
4v, 34 - 4v, 37 |
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AM 78 a folx (78ax) |
3r, 21 - 3r, 24 |
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AM 68 fol (68) |
2r, 28 - 2r, 29 |
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AM 61 fol (61*) |
76ra, 26 - 76ra, 27 |
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Holm perg 1 fol (Bb*) |
120va, 19 - 120va, 21 |
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GKS 1008 fol (Tóm) |
92r, 9 - 92r, 9 |
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AM 61 fol (61*) |
2vb, 15 - 2vb, 16 |
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AM 53 fol (53) |
2va, 17 - 2va, 18 |
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3rb, 25 - 3rb, 27 |
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GKS 1005 fol (Flat) |
6rb, 57 - 6rb, 59 |
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AM 761 b 4°x (761bx) |
220r, 4 - 220r, 7 |
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