Vetrliði Sumarliðason — VetrlIII
skaldsVol. 3, 425 — — ed. R. D. Fulk
Poetry
Biography
R. D. Fulk 2017, ‘(Biography of) Vetrliði Sumarliðason’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 425.
No work by
Vetrliði Sumarliðason (Vetrl) survives, aside from this
helmingr. He was an Icelander and a fierce opponent of Christianity who was killed in 999 at the instigation of the missionary Þangbrandr for composing scurrilous verses about him (see
Njáls saga,
ÍF 12, 260-1 and
Hkr,
ÍF 26, 320). According to
Landnámabók (
Ldn,
ÍF 1, Genealogy XXVIII), he was a great-grandson of the famous settler
Ketill hœngr ‘Salmon’, and his father lived in Hválhreppur near Fljótshlíð in Rangárvallasýsla. Vetrliði and his son Ari were killed by Þangbrandr and Guðleifr Arason of Reykjahólar when they were cutting turf (
ÍF 1, 348 and n. 4;
ÍF 12, 260;
ÓT 1958-2000,
II, 157). See also
Anon (Kristni) 2IV and Note to [All] there.
References
- Bibliography
- ÍF 1 (parts 1 and 2) = Íslendingabók; Landnámabók. Ed. Jakob Benediktsson. 1968. Rpt. as one volume 1986.
- ÍF 26-8 = Heimskringla. Ed. Bjarni Aðalbjarnarson. 1941-51.
- ÍF 12 = Brennu-Njáls saga. Ed. Einar Ólafur Sveinsson. 1954.
- ÓT 1958-2000 = Ólafur Halldórsson, ed. 1958-2000. Saga Óláfs Tryggvasonar en mesta. 3 vols. EA A 1-3. Copenhagen: Munksgaard (Reitzel).
- Internal references
- (forthcoming), ‘ Unattributed, Heimskringla’ 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, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=4> (accessed 20 April 2024)
- (forthcoming), ‘ Anonymous, Landnámabók’ in Guðrún Nordal (ed.), Poetry on Icelandic History. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 4. Turnhout: Brepols, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=25> (accessed 20 April 2024)
- 2022, ‘ Anonymous, Njáls saga’ in Margaret Clunies Ross, Kari Ellen Gade and Tarrin Wills (eds), Poetry in Sagas of Icelanders. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 5. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 1220-1313. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=55> (accessed 20 April 2024)
- Not published: do not cite (KethVIII)
- Not published: do not cite (Anon (Kristni) 2IV)
other information
Vetrliði Sumarliðason (Vetrl)
10th century
Skj AI, 135; BI, 127
volume 3
main editor: R. D. Fulk