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Poem about Hermundr Illugason — Arn HermIII

Arnórr jarlaskáld Þórðarson

Diana Whaley 2017, ‘ Arnórr jarlaskáld Þórðarson, Poem about Hermundr Illugason’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 11. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=1100> (accessed 29 March 2024)

 

This couplet, ‘Poem about Hermundr Illugason’ (Arn Herm), is a rarity: a remnant of poetry in praise of a non-royal subject. It names a ‘Hermundr’ in l. 2, and the most likely contemporary of Arnórr (c. 1011/12 to at least c. 1073) is the Icelander Hermundr Illugason, one of the eponymous confederates of Bandamanna saga (see Magerøy 1956-76, 154-5), who died c. 1055 (Gudbrand Vigfusson 1856, 441). He was the son of Illugi inn svarti ‘the Black’ Hallkelsson and brother of the skald and hero of Gunnlaugs saga, Gunnlaugr ormstunga ‘Serpent-tongue’ (Ldn, ÍF 1, 214), about whom Arnórr’s father Þórðr Kolbeinsson composed a drápa (ÞKolb GunndrV). The couplet is transmitted in mss R (selected as main ms.), , W, U and B of Skm (SnE).

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. Magerøy, Hallvard, ed. 1956-76. Bandamanna saga. SUGNL 62. Copenhagen: Jørgensen.
  3. ÍF 1 (parts 1 and 2) = Íslendingabók; Landnámabók. Ed. Jakob Benediktsson. 1968. Rpt. as one volume 1986.
  4. Internal references
  5. Edith Marold 2017, ‘Snorra Edda (Prologue, Gylfaginning, Skáldskaparmál)’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols [check printed volume for citation].
  6. 2022, ‘ Anonymous, Bandamanna saga’ 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, pp. 7-13. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=13> (accessed 29 March 2024)
  7. (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 29 March 2024)
  8. (forthcoming), ‘ Snorri Sturluson, Skáldskaparmál’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=112> (accessed 29 March 2024)
  9. Jayne Carroll 2012, ‘(Biography of) Þórðr Kolbeinsson’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 485.
  10. Diana Whaley (forthcoming), ‘ Þórðr Kolbeinsson, Gunnlaugsdrápa ormstungu’ 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=1416> (accessed 29 March 2024)
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