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Vol. II. Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: from c. 1035 to c. 1300 8. Introduction 4. Sources for Skaldic Poetry Cited in the Kings' Sagas 3. Other sources 5. Miscellaneous Manuscripts 5. Sneglu-Halla þáttr (Snegl)

5. Sneglu-Halla þáttr (Snegl)

Kari Ellen Gade 2009, ‘Sneglu-Halla þáttr (Snegl)’ 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 [check printed volume for citation].

Manuscripts

593b:      AM 593 b 4° (c. 1440-1500, from a sister manuscript to Flat).

563aˣ:     AM 563 a 4°ˣ (c. 1650-90).

Poetry

Most of the poetry contained in Snegl has been edited from Mork or Flat, but variants are given from 593b (for Hharð Lv 9, SnH Lv 1-4, ÞjóðA Lv 5-6) and 563aˣ (for Hharð Lv 9, SnH Lv 1-11, ÞjóðA Lv 7-8).

References

  1. Internal references
  2. (forthcoming), ‘ Anonymous, Sneglu-Halla þáttr’ 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=57> (accessed 22 November 2024)
  3. Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Haraldr harðráði Sigurðarson, Lausavísur 9’ 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. 50-1.
  4. Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Sneglu-Halli, Lausavísur 1’ 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. 324-5.
  5. Diana Whaley (ed.) 2009, ‘Þjóðólfr Arnórsson, Lausavísur 5’ 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. 169-71.
  6. Diana Whaley (ed.) 2009, ‘Þjóðólfr Arnórsson, Lausavísur 7’ 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. 172-3.
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