Frank, Roberta. Old Norse Court Poetry

• Author: Frank, Roberta
• Title: Old Norse Court Poetry. The Dróttkvætt Stanza
• Published in: Islandica 42
• Place, Publisher: Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press
• Year: 1978
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• Reference: Frank, Roberta. "Old Norse Court Poetry. The Dróttkvætt Stanza". Islandica 42. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 1978.

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• Key words: poetry (kveðskapur)

Annotation

An examination of dróttkvætt. Fifty stanzas are analysed in depth, four of which are taken from Egils saga: the first stanza of Arinbjarnarkvæði (pp. 76-78), the verse composed on Þórólfr’s death (pp. 78-80), the first of two verses cursing Eiríkr and Gunnhildr (pp. 136-38) and Egill’s call to his men to attack Lund (pp. 147-49).

Lýsing

Rannsókn á dróttkvæðum hætti. Fimmtíu vísur eru greindar nákvæmlega, þar af fjórar úr Eglu; fyrsta vísa Arinbjarnarkviðu (s. 76-78), vísa sem Egill yrkir eftir dauða Þórólfs (s. 78-80), hin fyrri af tveimur níðvísum um Eirík og Gunnhildi (s. 136-38) og loks herhvöt Egils þegar hann og menn hans ráðast á Lund (s. 147-49).

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• Written by: Katelin Parsons
• Icelandic translation: Jón Karl Helgason