Bjǫrn krepphendi — BkreppII
skaldsVol. 2, 395-405 — — ed. Kari Ellen Gade
Poetry
Biography
Kari Ellen Gade 2009, ‘(Biography of) Bjǫrn krepphendi’ 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. 395-405.
Bjǫrn (Bkrepp) is entirely unknown, and his ethnicity cannot be confirmed (
Skj gives it as Icel.).
Skáldatal (
SnE 1848-87,
III, 254, 262, 276) lists Bjǫrn among the poets of Magnús berfœttr ‘Barelegs’ Óláfsson (d. 1103). His nickname krepphendi appears to mean ‘the Crooked-handed’. See also
SnE 1848-87,
III, 622-3 and
LH 1894-1901, II, 55.
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 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- Not published: do not cite ()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
Bjǫrn krepphendi (Bkrepp)
12th century
Skj AI, 434-7; BI, 404-6
volume 2
main editor: Kari Ellen Gade