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 Bersi Skáldtorfuson composing poetry while in chains after being captured by King Óláfr Haraldsson. Christian Krohg's illustration from Heimskringla, 1899-edition |
The skald was a member of a group of poets, whose courtly poetry () is associated with the courts of Scandinavian and Icelandic leaders during the Viking Age, who composed and performed renditions of aspects of what we now characterise as Old Norse poetry (the complementary aspect being the anonymous Eddaic poetry).
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- Related: Old Norse poetry, Alliterative verse, Scop, Nīþ
| Dróttkvæði, skjaldkvæði og rímur Dróttkvæði, skjaldkvæði og rímur www.heimskringla.no/wiki/Dróttkvæði,_skjaldkvæði_og_rímur - Web |
| Skaldic Project homepage Skaldic Project homepage skaldic.arts.usyd.edu.au/db.php - Web |
| Index of Old Norse/Icelandic Skaldic Poetry Index of Old Norse/Icelandic Skaldic Poetry www.hi.is/~eybjorn/ugm/skindex/skindex.html - Web |
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