Steinn Herdísarson (Steinn)
11th century; volume 2; ed. Kari Ellen Gade;
1. Nizarvísur (Nizv) - 7
2. Úlfsflokkr (Úlffl) - 1
3. Óláfsdrápa (Óldr) - 16
III. Fragment (Frag) - 1
Steinn was the great-grandson of the Icel. poet Einarr skálaglamm ‘Tinkle-scales’ Helgason (EskálI) and a kinsman of Stúfr inn blindi ‘the Blind’ Þórðarson (Stúfr; see the genealogy in SnE 1848-87, III, 607 and Genealogy IV in ÍF 5). At the battle of the river Nissan in 1062 he was on board the ship of his kinsman, Úlfr stallari ‘the Marshal’ Óspaksson (Úlfr). Steinn was a court poet of Haraldr harðráði ‘Hardrule’ Sigurðarson and his son Óláfr kyrri ‘the Quiet’ Haraldsson (SnE 1848-87, III, 254, 262, 275). Two poems, Nizarvísur ‘Vísur about the Nissan’ (Steinn Nizv), and Óláfsdrápa ‘Drápa about Óláfr’ (Steinn Óldr) survive of his poetic oeuvre, and another st., Úlfsflokkr ‘Flokkr about Úlfr’ (Steinn Úlffl), is usually assigned to a poem about Úlfr Óspaksson.
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Steinn FragIII
Kari Ellen Gade 2017, ‘ Steinn Herdísarson, Fragment’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 388. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=3263> (accessed 1 July 2022)
stanzas: 1
SkP info: III, 388 |
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Cite as: Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Steinn Herdísarson, Fragment 1’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 388. Hás kveðk helgan ræsi
heimtjalds at brag þeima
— mærð ræzk framm — an fyrða
fyrr, þvít hann es dýrri.
| Kveðk {helgan ræsi {hás heimtjalds}} fyrr an fyrða at þeima brag, þvít hann es dýrri; mærð ræzk framm. I summon {the holy ruler {of the high world-tent}} [SKY/HEAVEN > = God] rather than people to this poem, because he is more precious; praise is put in motion.
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texts: ‹Skm 113›,
‹SnE 115› editions: Skj Steinn Herdísarson: 3. Óláfsdrápa 1 (AI, 409; BI, 379); Skald I, 188, NN §2041; SnE 1848-87, I, 318-19, II, 314, 527, III, 49, SnE 1931, 114, SnE 1998, I, 35.
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GKS 2367 4° (R) |
26r, 16 - 26r, 17 |
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Traj 1374x (Tx) |
26v, 31 - 26v, 31 |
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AM 242 fol (W) |
56, 21 - 56, 22 |
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DG 11 (U) |
29r, 18 - 29r, 20 |
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AM 757 a 4° (B) |
5r, 7 - 5r, 8 |
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AM 761 b 4°x (761bx) |
361r, 2 - 361r, 5 |
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