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Valþjófsflokkr — ÞSkall ValflII

Þorkell Skallason

Kari Ellen Gade 2009, ‘ Þorkell Skallason, Valþjófsflokkr’ 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. 382-4. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=1422> (accessed 25 April 2024)

 

Two sts are all that remains of Valþjófsflokkr ‘Flokkr about Waltheof’ (ÞSkall Valfl), the poem in which Þorkell commemorated the life and death of Earl Waltheof of Northumbria (for Waltheof, see ‘Biographies of Other Dignitaries’ in Introduction to this vol.). The sts are preserved in HSigHkr (Kˣ, F, E, J2ˣ, with Kˣ as the main ms.) and in H-Hr (H, Hr). Stanza 2/1-4 is also transmitted in Fsk (NRA51 (FskB), FskAˣ). All versions attribute the sts to Þorkell, and both Hkr (ÍF 28, 195) and H-Hr (Fms 6, 426) provide the name of the poem, Valþjófsflokkr. The encomium must have been composed after Waltheof’s death (31 May 1076; see st. 2). For other poetry about Waltheof, see Anon Harst.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. Fms = Sveinbjörn Egilsson et al., eds. 1825-37. Fornmanna sögur eptir gömlum handritum útgefnar að tilhlutun hins norræna fornfræða fèlags. 12 vols. Copenhagen: Popp.
  3. ÍF 26-8 = Heimskringla. Ed. Bjarni Aðalbjarnarson. 1941-51.
  4. Internal references
  5. (forthcoming), ‘ Unattributed, Heimskringla’ 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=4> (accessed 25 April 2024)
  6. (forthcoming), ‘ Unattributed, Fagrskinna’ 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=56> (accessed 25 April 2024)
  7. (forthcoming), ‘ Unattributed, Hulda-Hrokkinskinna’ 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=84> (accessed 25 April 2024)
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