Hallfreðr vandræðaskáld
Hallfreðr Óttarsson or Hallfreðr vandræðaskáld (Troublesome Poet) (c. 965 – c. 1007) was an Icelandic skald.
Also recorded as Hallfredr vandrædaskáld · Hallfred Óttarsson vandrædaskáld
Hallfreðr vandræðaskáld
- Born
- 960
- Died
- 1007 · Iona.
- Nationality
- Iceland
- Occupation
- poet · skald
- Languages
- Icelandic
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Hallfreðr vandræðaskáld appears in the authority records of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek as a “Skalde” (967 – 1007).
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Hallfreðr vandræðaskáld was born in 967. Hallfreðr vandræðaskáld died in 1007.
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Biography
Born in 960, died in Iona in 1007.
The recorded working language is Icelandic.
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Life and career
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960
Hallfreðr vandræðaskáld born.
1007
Hallfreðr vandræðaskáld died on 1 January 1007.
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- 1.The viking Age (2010), ed. A.A. Sommerville / R.A. McDonald, University of Toronto Press, ISBN 978-1-44260-148-2 p. 408 - 409.
- 2.Laxdæla Saga, Penguin Classics, 1975, ISBN 0-14044-218-9 p. 253.
- 3.«Myth and Religion in the Poetry of a Reluctant Convert» en 11th International Saga Conference (2000), Sidney, Australia Artículo de Diana Whaley, consultado el 9 de agosto de 2011
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