Úlfr Uggason (ÚlfrU)
10th century; volume 3; ed. Edith Marold;
Húsdrápa (Húsdr) - 12
V. Lausavísa (Lv) - 1
The skald Úlfr Uggason (ÚlfrU) lived around the year 1000 in Western Iceland. Little is known about his life. According to Ldn (S 76, H 64, ÍF 1, 111) he was married to Járngerðr, the daughter of Þórarinn Grímkelsson. Njáls saga (ch. 60, ÍF 12, 152) mentions his losing a lawsuit against Ásgrímr Elliða-Grímsson. The episode told in Njáls saga (ch. 102, ÍF 12, 261-4) about Úlfr refusing a request by Þorvaldr veili ‘the Miserable’ to use force against the missionary Þangbrandr, portrays him as a cautious man. That request and Úlfr’s dismissal of it are recounted there in two lausavísur (Þveil LvV, ÚlfrU LvV; see also Kristni saga ch. 9, ÍF 15, 2, 20-1). According to Laxdœla saga (ch. 29, ÍF 5, 79-80), he must have been on good terms with Óláfr pái ‘Peacock’ and his family, for whom he composed Húsdrápa ‘House-drápa’ (c. 980), a poem celebrating the myths depicted in images within their hall at Hjarðarholt.
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Húsdrápa —
ÚlfrU HúsdrIII
Edith Marold with the assistance of Vivian Busch, Jana Krüger, Ann-Dörte Kyas and Katharina Seidel, translated from German by John Foulks 2017, ‘ Úlfr Uggason, Húsdrápa’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 402. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=1492> (accessed 26 June 2022)
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Skj: Ulfr Uggason: 1. Húsdrápa, 983 (AI, 136-8, BI, 128-30); stanzas (if different): 3 |
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Cite as: Edith Marold (ed.) 2017, ‘Úlfr Uggason, Húsdrápa 11’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 422. Fullǫflug lét fjalla
framm haf-Sleipni þramma
Hildr, en Hropts of gildar
hjalmeldum mar felldu.
| {Fullǫflug Hildr fjalla} lét {haf-Sleipni} þramma framm, en of gildar Hropts felldu mar {hjalmeldum}. {The exceedingly strong Hildr <valkyrie> of the mountains} [GIANTESS] made {the sea-Sleipnir <horse>} [SHIP] lumber forward, and the companions of Hroptr <= Óðinn> killed the steed {with helmet-fires} [SWORDS].
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texts: ‹LaufE 169 (394)›,
‹Skm 244›,
‹SnE 246› editions: Skj Ulfr Uggason: 1. Húsdrápa 11 (AI, 138; BI, 129-130); Skald I, 72; SnE 1848-87, I, 428-9, II, 330, 441, 590, III, 82, SnE 1931, 152, SnE 1998, I, 70; LaufE 1979, 394.
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34r, 27 - 34r, 28 |
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| Traj 1374x (Tx) |
35v, 20 - 35v, 20 |
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| AM 242 fol (W) |
78, 12 - 78, 14 |
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| DG 11 (U) |
33v, 2 - 33v, 4 |
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| AM 748 I b 4° (A) |
11v, 9 - 11v, 11 |
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| AM 748 II 4° (C) |
5v, 29 - 5v, 29 [1-1] |
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| GKS 2368 4°x (2368x) |
130, 2 - 130, 3 |
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| AM 743 4°x (743x) |
97r, 26 - 97r, 29 |
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| AM 761 a 4°x (761ax) |
72v, 2 - 72v, 5 |
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