Jórunn skáldmær
Jórunn skáldmær ("poet-maiden") was a Norwegian skald active in the first half of the 10th century. Only two stanzas and three half-stanzas of her Sendibítr ("Biting message") were preserved, mostly in Snorri Sturluson's works, such as Saga of Harald Fairhair and Skáldskaparmál. The Sendibítr, which deals with a conflict between Harald Fairhair and his son Halfdan the Black, is the longest recorded skaldic poem composed by a woman.
Jórunn skáldmær
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- 1.Judith Jesch. Women in the Viking Age. 1991.
- 2.Else Mundal. Jorunn Skaldmøy. Norsk biografisk leksikon. 2005.
- 3.Snorri Sturluson: Edda. Skáldskaparmál. 1. Introduction, Text and Notes. 1998. 0-903521-36-9.
- 4.Inés García López. Representations of Women in Old Norse Literature: The Case of Áslaug Sigurðardóttir. 2021.
- 5.Zoe Borovsky. Never in Public: Women and Performance in Old Norse Literature. 1999. 541400.
- 6.Haraldz saga ins hárfagra. 1911.
- 7.Judith Jesch. Jórunn skáldmær: Sendibítr. 2012.
- 8.Judith Jesch. Jórunn skáldmær: Sendibítr. 2012.
- 9.Sandra Ballif Straubhaar. Old Norse Women's Poetry: The Voices of Female Skalds. 2011.
- 10.Sandra Ballif Straubhaar. Old Norse Women's Poetry: The Voices of Female Skalds. 2011.
- 11.Judith Jesch. Women in the Viking Age. 1991.
- 12.Sandra Ballif Straubhaar. Old Norse Women's Poetry: The Voices of Female Skalds. 2011.
- 13.Ekman skapar opera för Vadstena-Akademien. Sveriges Radio. 2012-12-06.
- 14.Spektra, TT. Kerstin Ekman tar upp en gammal kärlek. Svenska Dagbladet. 2013-07-18.
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