Þórðr Kolbeinsson (ÞKolb)
11th century; volume 1; ed. Jayne Carroll;
Eiríksdrápa (Eirdr) - 17
V. Gunnlaugsdrápa ormstungu (Gunndr) - 1
V. Lausavísur (Lv) - 12
IX. Belgskakadrápa (Belgdr) - 0
Þórðr Kolbeinsson (ÞKolb) was born c. 974 in Iceland (ÍF 3, lxxxviii). The Hauksbók version of Ldn names his father as Kolbeinn klakkhǫfði ‘Lump-head’ (?) Atlason, from Atley (Atløy) in Norway, while the Sturlubók version names him as Kolbeinn Þórðarson (ÍF 1, 99, 144, lxiv-vi). Þórðr’s mother is said in Bjarnar saga Hítdœlakappa (BjH, ÍF 3, 168) to be called Arnóra; in Ldn (ÍF 1, 142) she is also identified as the daughter of Gunnbjǫrn. Þórðr’s home was at Hítarnes in western Iceland; the poet Arnórr jarlaskáld (ArnII), one of Þórðr’s five sons, was born there. Two other sons, Kolbeinn and Kolli, are named in BjH, and three unnamed daughters are also mentioned (ÍF 3, 125, 171-2, 174, 179, 208). Nothing is known about Þórðr’s death.
Þórðr is famous as the villain of BjH, in which he marries Oddný eykyndill ‘Island-candle’ Þorkelsdóttir, having deceived her into believing that Bjǫrn Arngeirsson (BjhítV), to whom she is betrothed, is dead. This intensifies a life-long feud between Þórðr and Bjǫrn which ends with Bjǫrn’s death at Þórðr’s hands.
Skáldatal (SnE 1848-87, III, 253, 257, 258, 261, 262, 266, 274, 280, 283) names Þórðr as poet to four rulers: Eiríkr jarl Hákonarson of Hlaðir (Lade; d. c. 1023); the Norwegian kings Óláfr Haraldsson (d. 1030) and, in the U redaction, Magnús góði ‘the Good’ Óláfsson (d. 1047); and, in the 761aˣ redaction, the Danish king Sveinn Úlfsson (d. 1076). Of these, only Eiríkr is named in source texts as the recipient of surviving stanzas, although BjH (ÍF 3, 126-7) has Þórðr compose and recite a drápa for Óláfr. It is doubtful on chronological grounds that Þórðr composed for Sveinn Úlfsson, and it has been suggested (Fidjestøl 1982, 117) that confusion with Sveinn tjúguskegg ‘Fork-beard’ (d. 1014) might lie behind the erroneous listing. Seventeen stanzas about Eiríkr jarl survive, and in this edition all are attributed to Eiríksdrápa (ÞKolb Eirdr) with varying degrees of confidence. BjH places Þórðr in Eiríkr’s retinue in Norway, c. 1007, delivering a poem entitled Belgskakadrápa ‘Bag-shaking drápa’ (ÍF 3, 115-9), but this may be the same poem as Eirdr, whose content suggests that Þórðr paid court to Eiríkr in England after the conquest of Knútr inn ríki (Cnut the Great) in 1016 and before Eiríkr’s death c. 1023 (see Introduction to Eirdr). In addition to Eirdr, twelve lausavísur (ÞKolb Lv 1-12V) are preserved in BjH, mostly directed against the saga’s hero, Bjǫrn, and a single stanza said to be by Þórðr (ÞKolb GunndrV) survives in praise of the poet Gunnlaugr ormstungu ‘Serpent-tongue’ Illugason (GunnlIV, d. c. 1008; ÍF 3, 101-2). These are edited in SkP V.
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Eiríksdrápa —
ÞKolb EirdrI
Jayne Carroll 2012, ‘ Þórðr Kolbeinsson, Eiríksdrápa’ 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. 487. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=1415> (accessed 28 May 2022)
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This information has not been reviewed and should not be referred to. af (prep.) ‘from...’ — 10/4 var
aldr (noun m.) [°aldrs, dat. aldri; aldrar] ‘life, age...’ — Alldr 10/1 var
aldri (adv.) ‘never...’ — 10/1 var
all- ((prefix)) ‘very...’ — All 10/1
allr (adj.) ‘all...’ — allir 10/1 var
allvaldr (noun m.) [°-s; -ar] ‘mighty ruler...’ — 10/1 var, Allvalds 10/1
5at (nota) ‘to (with infinitive)...’ — 10/3
auðigr (adj.) [°auðgan/auðigan; compar. auðgari/auðigri, superl. auðgastr/auðigastr] ‘wealthy...’ — auðgi 10/6 var
1auðr (noun m.) [°-s/-ar, dat. -i/-] ‘wealth...’ — auði 10/6 var
3auðr (adj.) ‘empty, barren...’ — auðir 10/6
bila (verb) [°-að-] ‘fail...’ — bilar 10/7
býr (noun m.) [°býjar/bjár/bjór/bjárs, dat. -; gen. býa/bjá, dat. bjóm/bjám, acc. býi/býa/bjá] ‘dwelling, down...’ — býir 10/8
bœr (noun m.) [°-jar/-ar, dat. -; -ir, gen. -ja/-a, dat. -jum/-um/bjóm/-am/-m, acc. -i/-ja/-a/bǿ] ‘farm, homestead...’ — bœir 10/8 var, bœjar 10/8 var, 10/8 var
2dauðr (adj.) ‘dead...’ — 10/6
ek (pron.) [°mín, dat. mér, acc. mik] ‘I, me...’ — mér 10/2 var
2en (conj.) ‘but, and...’ — 10/5, 10/6
2enn (adv.) ‘still, yet, again...’ — 10/6 var
2er (conj.) ‘who, which, when...’ — 10/6 var
2fár (noun n.) [°-s] ‘harm, danger...’ — 10/8
3fár (adj.) [°compar. fǽrri/fárri(Mág² 11), superl. fǽstr] ‘few...’ — fáir 10/8 var, fátt 10/7
fleiri (adj. comp.) [°superl. flestr] ‘more, most...’ — flesta 10/7 var, flestra 10/7
halda (verb) ‘hold, keep...’ — 10/3
hann (pron.) [°gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana] ‘he, she, it, they, them......’ — 10/4, hans 10/8
2hinn (pron.) ‘he, she, it; the one...’ — 10/6 var
hǫnd (noun f.) [°handar, dat. hendi; hendr (hendir StatPáll³ 752¹²)] ‘hand...’ — hendi 10/3
konungr (noun m.) [°dat. -i, -s; -ar] ‘king...’ — 10/5
kóngr (noun m.) ‘king...’ — 10/5 var
láta (verb) ‘let, have sth done...’ — lézk 10/3
4líka (verb) ‘please...’ — líkar 10/2
1lúta (verb) ‘(strong)...’ — lútu 10/1 var
maðr (noun m.) ‘man, person...’ — manna 10/4 var, mǫnnum 10/4
með (prep.) ‘with...’ — 10/6 var
njóta (verb) ‘enjoy, use...’ — nutu 10/1
Noregr (noun m.) ‘Norway...’ — Nóregs 10/4
3of (prep.) ‘around, from; too...’ — 10/4
3ok (conj.) ‘and, but; also...’ — 10/4 var
segja (verb) ‘say, tell...’ — sagðr 10/6
2skyldr (adj.) ‘obliged...’ — 10/3
2slíkr (adj.) ‘such...’ — slíku 10/2
sunnan (adv.) ‘(from the) south...’ — 10/5
2Sveinn (noun m.) ‘Sveinn...’ — 10/5
una (verb) ‘be content, love...’ — 10/2
valdr (noun m.) ‘ruler...’ — 10/1 var, valds 10/1
vel (adv.) ‘well, very...’ — 10/2
2vera (verb) ‘be, is, was, were, are, am...’ — es 10/6, var 10/6 var, vôru 10/8
yfir (prep.) ‘over...’ — 10/4 var
ýtr (noun m.) ‘man; launcher...’ — ýta 10/7
1œði (noun f.) ‘fury...’ — æði 10/6 var
ǫld (noun f.) [°; aldir] ‘people, age...’ — aldir 10/1
unlemmatised variants — allvaldr (10) |
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