Úlfr Uggason — ÚlfrUIII
skaldsVol. 3, 402 — — ed. Edith Marold
Poetry
Húsdrápa12
- Introduction and information about text
- 1. ‘Hjaldrgegnis ték Hildar ...’
- 2. ‘Ráðgegninn bregðr ragna ...’
- 3. ‘Innmáni skein ennis ...’
- 4. ‘En stirðþinull starði ...’
- 5. ‘Þjokkvaxinn kvezk þykkja ...’
- 6. ‘Fullǫflugr lét fellir ...’
- 7. ‘Ríðr á bǫrg til borgar ...’
- 8. ‘Kostigr ríðr at kesti, ...’
- 9. ‘Ríðr at vilgi víðu ...’
- 10. ‘Þar hykk sigrunni svinnum ...’
- 11. ‘Fullǫflug lét fjalla ...’
- 12. ‘Þar kømr ô, en æri ...’
Biography
The skald Úlfr Uggason (ÚlfrU) lived around the year 1000 in Western Iceland. Little is known about his life. According to Ldn (S 76, H 64, ÍF 1, 111) he was married to Járngerðr, the daughter of Þórarinn Grímkelsson. Njáls saga (ch. 60, ÍF 12, 152) mentions his losing a lawsuit against Ásgrímr Elliða-Grímsson. The episode told in Njáls saga (ch. 102, ÍF 12, 261-4) about Úlfr refusing a request by Þorvaldr veili ‘the Miserable’ to use force against the missionary Þangbrandr, portrays him as a cautious man. That request and Úlfr’s dismissal of it are recounted there in two lausavísur (Þveil LvV, ÚlfrU LvV; see also Kristni saga ch. 9, ÍF 15, 2, 20-1). According to Laxdœla saga (ch. 29, ÍF 5, 79-80), he must have been on good terms with Óláfr pái ‘Peacock’ and his family, for whom he composed Húsdrápa ‘House-drápa’ (c. 980), a poem celebrating the myths depicted in images within their hall at Hjarðarholt.
References
- Bibliography
- ÍF 1 (parts 1 and 2) = Íslendingabók; Landnámabók. Ed. Jakob Benediktsson. 1968. Rpt. as one volume 1986.
- ÍF 15-17 = Biskupa sögur. Ed. Sigurgeir Steingrímsson, Ólafur Halldórsson and Peter G. Foote (15), Ásdís Egilsdóttir (16), Guðrún Ása Grímsdóttir (17). 1998-2003.
- ÍF 5 = Laxdœla saga. Ed. Einar Ólafur Sveinsson. 1934.
- ÍF 12 = Brennu-Njáls saga. Ed. Einar Ólafur Sveinsson. 1954.
- Internal references
- (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 19 April 2024)
- (forthcoming), ‘ Unattributed, Kristni saga’ 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=29> (accessed 19 April 2024)
- Not published: do not cite (ÞveilV)
- R. D. Fulk (forthcoming), ‘ Þorvaldr veili, Lausavísa’ 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, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=1485> (accessed 19 April 2024)
- R. D. Fulk (forthcoming), ‘ Úlfr Uggason, Lausavísa’ 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, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=1493> (accessed 19 April 2024)
other information
Úlfr Uggason (ÚlfrU)
10th century
Skj AI, 136-9; BI, 128-30
volume 3
main editor: Edith Marold