Valgarðr á Velli (Valg)
11th century; volume 2; ed. Kari Ellen Gade;
Poem about Haraldr harðráði (Har) - 11
Nothing is known about Valgarðr (Valg), but his nickname (á Velli ‘at Völlur’) indicates that he could have belonged to the family of Mǫrðr Valgarðsson from Völlur (Rangársýsla) in southern Iceland (see Brennu-Njáls saga, ÍF 12, passim; SnE 1848-87, III, 605-6; LH 1894-1901, I, 637-8). Skáldatal (SnE 1848-87, III, 254, 262, 275) lists him among Haraldr Sigurðarson’s court poets.
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Poem about Haraldr harðráði —
Valg HarII
Kari Ellen Gade 2009, ‘(Introduction to) Valgarðr á Velli, Poem about Haraldr harðráði’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 300-10.
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Skj: Valgarðr á Velli: Et digt om Harald hårdråde (AI, 390-3, BI, 360-3)
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Cite as: Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Valgarðr á Velli, Poem about Haraldr harðráði 2’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 301-2.
context: Logi ‘flame, blaze’ is given in Skm as a heiti for ‘fire’.
notes: Sigfús Blöndal (1978, 92-3) suggests that this st. describes the destruction of the imperial Byzantine Treasury after the revolt against Emperor Michael V on 21 April 1042. That can, however, not be ascertained.
texts: ‹Skm 375›,
‹SnE 377› editions: Skj Valgarðr á Velli: Et digt om Harald hårdråde 2 (AI, 390; BI, 360); Skald I, 180; SnE 1848-87, I, 506-7, II, 354, 453, 536, 602, SnE 1931, 177, SnE 1998, I, 97.
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| GKS 2367 4° (R) |
38v, 26 - 38v, 27 |
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| Traj 1374x (Tx) |
40v, 2 - 40v, 2 |
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| DG 11 (U) |
40v, 21 - 40v, 21 [3-4] |
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| AM 748 I b 4° (A) |
13v, 23 - 13v, 24 |
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| AM 757 a 4° (B) |
6r, 22 - 6r, 23 |
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| AM 744 4°x (744x) |
37v - 37v |
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| AM 748 II 4° (C) |
8r, 8 - 8r, 9 |
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