Hallar-Steinn — HStI
skaldsVol. 3, 202 — — ed. Rolf Stavnem
Poetry
Rekstefja35
- Introduction and information about text
- 1. ‘Hǫrs gnótt Hrunda sléttum ...’
- 2. ‘Vegmildr víðrar foldar ...’
- 3. ‘Senn ǫll síðan runnu ...’
- 4. ‘Fullsnart fr?knu hjarta ...’
- 5. ‘Óláfr allra jǫfra ...’
- 6. ‘Skotland skǫfnum brandi ...’
- 7. ‘Frónbands f?riǫndrum ...’
- 8. ‘Haukjóðs harða víða ...’
- 9. ‘Fémildr fylkir vildi ...’
- 10. ‘Þjóðlǫnd þremja skyndir ...’
- 11. ‘Ísland éla skyndir, ...’
- 12. ‘Hafglóð hilmir sáði ...’
- 13. ‘Húns nótt hverja knôttu ...’
- 14. ‘Morðlinns mǫrgu sinni ...’
- 15. ‘Auðhrjóðr átta skeiðum ...’
- 16. ‘Raunskjótt ræsir mátti, ...’
- 17. ‘Grár reif, gerðu drífu ...’
- 18. ‘Ǫrbragðs ærir lǫgðu ...’
- 19. ‘Stǫmg reið, stôl en sungu, ...’
- 20. ‘Myrkt hregg mækis eggja ...’
- 21. ‘Ítr, jarl einkar snarla ...’
- 22. ‘Ránsóks remmilauka ...’
- 23. ‘Hvast skaut (hlífar brustu) ...’
- 24. ‘Hjǫrflóðs hnykkimeiðum ...’
- 25. ‘Tvær senn (tyggja vinnur ...’
- 26. ‘Vas jafn, vizku rofna, ...’
- 27. ‘Annarr ǫðlings manna ...’
- 28. ‘Hilding hart frák ganga, ...’
- 29. ‘Dáðstyrk dýrðar merki ...’
- 30. ‘Spell vann (sparðit stillir) ...’
- 31. ‘Ótrauðr allra dáða ...’
- 32. ‘Hringskóðs herðimeiðar ...’
- 33. ‘Þengill þróttar strǫngum ...’
- 34. ‘Hermart hví kveðum ortu ...’
- 35. ‘Eigi einkar lága ...’
Biography
Rolf Stavnem 2017, ‘(Biography of) Hallar-Steinn’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 202.
Nothing is known about this skald (HSt) except what can be deduced from his nickname, which has been identified with the farm-name Höll, in Þverárhlíð, Mýrasýsla, western Iceland (Finnur Jónsson 1907, 185), and from the poetry attributed to him. His main extant work is the drápa Rekstefja (HSt Rst), whose ambitious praise of Óláfr Tryggvason might well point to Iceland at the end of the twelfth century or somewhat later (see Skj, and Introduction to the poem below). Hallar-Steinn has been identified (e.g. by Wisén 1886-9, I, 143) with the eleventh-century poet Steinn Herdísarson (SteinnII), but this is implausible. HSt Frag 1, of uncertain origin but probably attributable to this poet, may also commemorate Óláfr Tryggvason, while HSt Frag 2-5III represent a love-lorn poet. These fragments are preserved only in treatises on poetics and grammar, and are therefore edited in SkP III, as are two further fragments, HSt Frag 6-7III.
References
- Bibliography
- Wisén, Theodor, ed. 1886-9. Carmina Norrœnæ: Ex reliquiis vetustioris norrœnæ poësis selecta, recognita, commentariis et glossario instructa. 2 vols. Lund: Ohlsson.
- Finnur Jónsson. 1907. ‘Tilnavne i den islandske oldlitteratur’. ÅNOH, 161-381.
- SkP III = Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Ed. Kari Ellen Gade in collaboration with Edith Marold. 2017.
- Internal references
- Diana Whaley 2012, ‘(Biography of) Óláfr Tryggvason’ 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. 383.
- Kari Ellen Gade 2017, ‘(Biography of) Steinn Herdísarson’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 388.
- Rolf Stavnem 2012, ‘ Hallar-Steinn, Rekstefja’ 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. 893. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=1237> (accessed 24 April 2024)
- Edith Marold (ed.) 2017, ‘Hallar-Steinn, Fragments 6’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 208.
- Edith Marold (ed.) 2017, ‘Hallar-Steinn, Fragments 2’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 202.
- Diana Whaley (ed.) 2012, ‘Hallar-Steinn, Fragment 1’ 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. 940.
other information
Hallar-Steinn (HSt)
12th century
Skj AI, 543-53; BI, 525-35
volume 1
main editor: Rolf Stavnem