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Fragment — SnH FragIII

Sneglu-Halli

Kari Ellen Gade 2017, ‘ Sneglu-Halli, Fragment’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 369. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=1374> (accessed 30 April 2024)

 

Finnur Jónsson (Skj) tentatively assigns this stanza (SnH Frag), which is transmitted in mss A (main ms.) and W of TGT, to a poem about King Haraldr harðráði ‘Hard-rule’ Sigurðarson (r. 1046-66) (see also SnE 1848-87, III, 601-2; TGT 1927, 98), most likely because it is mentioned in Sneglu-Halla þáttr that Halli composed a poem about him (Snegl, ÍF 9, 275-80; see also Skáldatal, SnE 1848-87, III, 254, 262, 275). Although the helmingr may have been a part of an encomium in fornyrðislag metre, there is no evidence that it belonged to a poem honouring Haraldr (see Fidjestøl 1982, 143). The poet is identified as Sneglu-Halli in both mss.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. 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.
  3. Fidjestøl, Bjarne. 1982. Det norrøne fyrstediktet. Universitet i Bergen Nordisk institutts skriftserie 11. Øvre Ervik: Alvheim & Eide.
  4. ÍF 9 = Eyfirðinga sǫgur. Ed. Jónas Kristjánsson. 1956.
  5. TGT 1927 = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1927b. Óláfr Þórðarson: Málhljóða- og málskrúðsrit. Grammatisk-retorisk afhandling. Det kgl. Danske Videnskabernes Selskab. Historisk-filologiske meddelelser 13, 2. Copenhagen: Høst.
  6. Internal references
  7. (forthcoming), ‘ Óláfr hvítaskáld Þórðarson, The Third Grammatical Treatise’ in Tarrin Wills (ed.), The Third Grammatical Treatise. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=32> (accessed 30 April 2024)
  8. (forthcoming), ‘ Anonymous, Sneglu-Halla 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=57> (accessed 30 April 2024)
  9. Not published: do not cite ()
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