Gullásu-Þórðr — GullásÞII
skaldsVol. 2, 470-2 — — ed. Kari Ellen Gade
Poetry
Biography
Kari Ellen Gade 2009, ‘(Biography of) Gullásu-Þórðr’ 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. 470-2.
Gullásu-Þórðr (GullásÞ) was a young Icelander who came to Norway in the days of King Eysteinn Magnússon (d. 1122) and took up with the wealthy Norw. widow Gull-Ása ‘Gold-Ása’, a kinswoman of the district chieftain Víðkunnr Jónsson of Bjarkøy (for Víðkunnr, see ‘Biographies of Other Dignitaries’ in Introduction to this vol.). Þórðr became a prosperous merchant and eventually married Ása (see
SnE 1848-87,
III, 748-50;
Mork 1928-32,
359-64;
Fms 7, 111-18;
ÍF 11, 337-49). He is otherwise unknown. The story of Þórðr and Ása is told in
Gull-Ásu-Þórðar þáttr (
GullÁsuÞ) and preserved in
MsonaMork (Mork),
MsonaH-Hr (H, Hr) and in
AM 518 4°ˣ (
518ˣ). The original
þáttr, which formed the basis for the extant narratives, must have been composed prior to 1217 (
ÍF 11, cxvi).
GullÁsuÞ has been edited (from
518ˣ with variants from Mork, H and Hr) in
ÍF 11, 337-49.
References
- Bibliography
- Fms = Sveinbjörn Egilsson et al., eds. 1825-37. Fornmanna sögur eptir gömlum handritum útgefnar að tilhlutun hins norræna fornfræða fèlags. 12 vols. Copenhagen: Popp.
- 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.
- Mork 1928-32 = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1928-32. Morkinskinna. SUGNL 53. Copenhagen: Jørgensen.
- ÍF 11 = Austfirðinga sǫgur. Ed. Jón Jóhannesson. 1950.
- Internal references
- (forthcoming), ‘ Anonymous, Gull-Ásu-Þórðar þáttr’ 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=20> (accessed 19 March 2024)
other information
Gullásu-Þórðr (GullásÞ)
12th century
Skj AI, 453; BI, 421-2
volume 2
main editor: Kari Ellen Gade