Þorvaldr blǫnduskáld — ÞblǫndIII
skaldsVol. 3, 487 — — ed. Vivian Busch
Poetry
Biography
According to
Skáldatal (
SnE 1848-87,
III, 254, 263, 276),
Þorvaldr blǫnduskáld (Þblǫnd) was one of the poets of the Norwegian king Sigurðr jórsalafari ‘Jerusalem-farer’ Magnússon (r. 1103-30, see ‘Royal Biographies’ in Introduction to
SkP II). Only fragments of his poetry are extant: two
helmingar from an assumed
Sigurðardrápa about Sigurðr jórsalafari (
Þblǫnd Sigdr) and another fragment (
Þblǫnd Frag) that cannot be assigned to a specific poem. Two stanzas of
Þórarinn stuttfeldr’s ‘Short-cloak’
Stuttfeldardrápa (
Þstf Stuttdr 2II, 3
II) are erroneously attributed to Þorvaldr in
Morkinskinna. The nickname blǫnduskáld cannot be explained with certainty. Finnur Jónsson (
LH I, 72) thinks it possible that Þorvaldr composed about a man with the nickname blanda (ON
blanda is a liquid mixture, usually of whey and water; cf.
Finnur Jónsson 1907, 289). That nickname is attested in
Sverris saga (
Sv ch. 48,
ÍF 30, 74), which mentions a Norwegian called Brynjólfr blanda Eindriðason. According to Finnur Jónsson (
Skj), Þorvaldr was an Icelander, but his ethnicity cannot be ascertained.
References
- Bibliography
- SnE 1848-87 = Snorri Sturluson. 1848-87. Edda Snorra Sturlusonar: Edda Snorronis Sturlaei. Ed. Jón Sigurðsson et al. 3 vols. Copenhagen: Legatum Arnamagnaeanum. Rpt. Osnabrück: Zeller, 1966.
- LH = Finnur Jónsson. 1920-4. Den oldnorske og oldislandske litteraturs historie. 3 vols. 2nd edn. Copenhagen: Gad.
- Finnur Jónsson. 1907. ‘Tilnavne i den islandske oldlitteratur’. ÅNOH, 161-381.
- ÍF 30 = Sverris saga. Ed. Þorleifur Hauksson. 2007.
- SkP II = Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Ed. Kari Ellen Gade. 2009.
- Internal references
- (forthcoming), ‘ Unattributed, Sverris saga’ 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=2> (accessed 19 March 2024)
- (forthcoming), ‘ Unattributed, Morkinskinna’ 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=87> (accessed 19 March 2024)
- Kari Ellen Gade 2009, ‘(Biography of) Þórarinn stuttfeldr’ 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. 473-81.
- Vivian Busch 2017, ‘ Þorvaldr blǫnduskáld, Sigurðardrápa’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 487. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=1425> (accessed 19 March 2024)
- Vivian Busch 2017, ‘ Þorvaldr blǫnduskáld, Fragment’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 489. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=1426> (accessed 19 March 2024)
- Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Þórarinn stuttfeldr, Stuttfeldardrápa 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. 474-5.
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other information
Þorvaldr blǫnduskáld (Þblǫnd)
12th century
Skj AI, 492; BI, 464
volume 3
main editor: Vivian Busch