Valgarðr á Velli — ValgII
skaldsVol. 2, 300-10 — — ed. Kari Ellen Gade
Poetry
Poem about Haraldr harðráði11
Biography
Kari Ellen Gade 2009, ‘(Biography of) Valgarðr á Velli’ 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. 300-10.
Nothing is known about Valgarðr (Valg), but his nickname (á Velli ‘at Völlur’) indicates that he could have belonged to the family of Mǫrðr Valgarðsson from Völlur (Rangársýsla) in southern Iceland (see
Brennu-Njáls saga,
ÍF 12,
passim;
SnE 1848-87,
III, 605-6;
LH 1894-1901, I, 637-8).
Skáldatal (
SnE 1848-87,
III, 254, 262, 275) lists him among Haraldr Sigurðarson’s court poets.
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.
- ÍF 12 = Brennu-Njáls saga. Ed. Einar Ólafur Sveinsson. 1954.
- LH 1894-1901 = Finnur Jónsson. 1894-1901. Den oldnorske og oldislandske litteraturs historie. 2 vols. Copenhagen: Gad.
- Internal references
- Not published: do not cite ()
other information
Valgarðr á Velli (Valg)
11th century
Skj AI, 390-3; BI, 360-3
volume 2
main editor: Kari Ellen Gade