Vol. I. Poetry for Scandinavian Rulers 1: From Mythological Times to c. 1035 2. General Introduction 4. The metres of skaldic poetry 4.4. The metrical development of skaldic metres 4.4.3. Málaháttr and haðarlag
4.4.3. Málaháttr and haðarlag
Kari Ellen Gade 2012, ‘Málaháttr and haðarlag’ 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. lxvii.
Haðarlag is a development of málaháttr Type D* with internal rhyme.
| Type D*: | | |
| Málaháttr: | ||
| SnSt Ht 95/1III | Mundak mildingi | ‘I remembered the generous one’ |
| Haðarlag: | ||
| Sturl Hrafn 1/1II | Sóttu sóknhvattar | ‘Sought battle-keen’. |
References
- Internal references
- Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Snorri Sturluson, Háttatal 95’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 1204.
- Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Sturla Þórðarson, Hrafnsmál 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, p. 728.