Þjóðólfr ór Hvini (Þjóð)
9th century; volume 1; ed. Edith Marold;
1. Ynglingatal (Yt) - 37
2. Poem about Haraldr hárfagri (Har) - 5
3. Lausavísur (Lv) - 2
III. 1. Haustlǫng (Haustl) - 20
Þjóðólfr ór Hvini, or inn hvinverski, ‘from Hvinir’ (Þjóð) was a Norwegian skald of the late ninth or early tenth century. As his nickname indicates, he was from Hvinir (Kvinesdal, Vest-Agder). His biography is largely unknown. Skáldatal names him as poet to several rulers and powerful men: Haraldr hárfagri ‘Fair-hair’ and Rǫgnvaldr heiðumhár or heiðumhæri ‘High with Honours’ (SnE 1848-87, III, 253, 261, 273), Hákon jarl Grjótgarðsson (ibid., 256, 265, 280), Þorleifr inn spaki ‘the Wise’ (ibid., 259, 268, 285), Strút-Haraldr jarl (ibid., 259, 284) and an unknown Sveinn jarl (ibid., 268). However, the associations with Hákon, Strút-Haraldr and Þorleifr are uncertain since they may have lived later in the tenth century; see Bugge (1894, 145, 175); Åkerlund (1939, 7). In Hkr, both within the Prologue (ÍF 26, 4) and in HHárf (ÍF 26, 127-8, 139), Þjóðólfr is represented as skald and friend to Haraldr hárfagri and as a dedicated foster-father to Haraldr’s son Guðrøðr ljómi ‘Beam of Light’. It is in this context that he speaks the two lausavísur associated with him (Þjóð Lv 1-2). Þjóðólfr ór Hvini is the composer of the poems Ynglingatal (Þjóð Yt) and Haustlǫng (Þjóð HaustlIII, edited in SkP III). Five stanzas of a poem dedicated to Haraldr hárfagri (Þjóð Har) are also attributed to him. Several stanzas of Haraldskvæði (Þhorn Harkv) are falsely attributed to Þjóðólfr; see Introduction to Harkv. Finally, a fragment (Þjóðólfr FragIII) edited in SkP III is likely to be the work of a different Þjóðólfr, though it is tentatively associated with Þjóð Yt in Skj; see Introduction to Yt.
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Ynglingatal —
Þjóð YtI
Edith Marold with the assistance of Vivian Busch, Jana Krüger, Ann-Dörte Kyas and Katharina Seidel, translated from German by John Foulks 2012, ‘ Þjóðólfr ór Hvini, Ynglingatal’ 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. 3. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=1440> (accessed 3 July 2022)
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3
4
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6
7
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10
11
12
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18
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20
21
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24
25
26
27
for reference only: 8x
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13x
14x
15x
16x
17x
20x
25x
26x
Skj: Þjóðólfr ór Hvini, enn hvinverski: 1. Ynglingatal (AI, 7-15, BI, 7-14); stanzas (if different): 9 |
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17-18 |
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19-20 |
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21-22 |
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27-28 |
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33-34 |
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35-36 |
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38(?)
This verse is included only for cross-referencing previous editions. | 26x — [Þjóð Yt 26x - for refence only]
Cite as: Not published: do not cite ([Þjóð Yt 26x - for refence only]) 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).
Unz fótverkr
við Foldar þrǫm
virða vin
of viða skyldi;
liggr gunndjarfr
á Geirstǫðum
herkonungr
haugi ausinn. (kviðuháttr)
texts: ‹ÓGeir 2,
‹Flat 415› editions: Skj Þjóðólfr ór Hvini, enn hvinverski: 1. Ynglingatal 36 (AI, 15; BI, 13);
sources
AM 35 folx (Kx) |
43v, 20 - 43v, 27 |
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AM 37 folx (J1x) |
21v, 16 - 21v, 18 |
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AM 45 fol (F) |
7va, 4 - 7va, 6 |
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AM 71 folx (71x) |
8r, 22 - 8r, 24 |
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AM 73 a folx (73ax) |
11v, 17 - 11v, 20 |
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AM 76 a folx (76ax) |
11r, 28 - 11r, 33 |
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AM 78 a folx (78ax) |
10r, 7 - 10r, 14 |
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AM 61 fol (61) |
78ra, 3 - 78ra, 4 |
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GKS 1005 fol (Flat) |
78va, 31 - 78va, 32 |
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AM 49 folx (49x) |
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AM 65 folx (65x) |
321r, 16 - 321r, 20 |
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