Þorbjörn hornklofi
Þórbjǫrn hornklofi (Modern Norwegian: Torbjørn Hornklove; note that hornklofi is a nickname, not a surname) was a 9th-century Norwegian skald and one of the court poets of King Harald Fairhair. His poetry has sometimes been regarded as a contemporary source of information regarding King Harald, although it is only preserved embedded within 13th and 14th century king's sagas. The two skaldic poems by him which are preserved, both only in excerpts, are Hrafnsmál and Glymdrápa.
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Þorbjörn hornklofi
- Name
- Þórbjǫrn hornklofi
- Occupation
- Skald
- Movement
- Skaldic poetry
- Born
- 900 · Norway.
- Died
- 1000
- Nationality
- Norway
- Known for
- Glymdrápa · Hrafnsmál
- Languages
- Norwegian
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Þórbjǫrn hornklofi (Modern Norwegian: Torbjørn Hornklove; note that hornklofi is a nickname, not a surname) was a 9th-century Norwegian skald and one of the court poets of King Harald Fairhair. His poetry has sometimes been regarded as a contemporary source of information regarding King Harald, although it is only preserved embedded within 13th and 14th century king's sagas. The two skaldic poems by him which are preserved, both only in excerpts, are Hrafnsmál and Glymdrápa.
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The first poem, which utilizes verse form málaháttr, describes life at Harald's court, mentions that he took a Danish wife, and that he won a victory at the Battle of Hafrsfjord. The second is the earliest preserved drápa in regular dróttkvætt, and relates a series of battles Harald won during the consolidation of his rule of Norway.
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• Name — Þórbjǫrn hornklofi • Occupation — Skald • Language — Old Norse • Period — Viking Age • Movement — Skaldic poetry • Notable Works — Hrafnsmál, Glymdrápa • Years Active — 9th century
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• Kershaw, Nora (1922) Anglo-Saxon and Norse Poems. The University Press • The Lay of Harold in Hollander, Lee Milton (1936) Old Norse Poems: The Most Important Nonskaldic Verse Not Included in the Poetic Edda • R. D. Fulk 2012, ‘(Biography of) Þorbjǫrn hornklofi’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 73.
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- 1.Il est généralement appelé Þorbjörn Hornklofi dans la Haralds saga hárfagra (Heimskringla), et Hornklofi seulement dans la Fagrskinna et le Skáldskaparmál.
- 2.Simek, Rudolf ; Pálsson, Hermann. Lexikon der altnordischen Literatur : die mittelalterliche Literatur Norwegens und Islands. 2., wesentlich verm. und überarb. Aufl. von Rudolf Simek. Stuttgart : Kröner, 2007. (Kröners Taschenausgabe ; 490). .
- 3.C’est-à-dire de Haraldr et de son père Hálfdan svarti (« le Noir »).
- 4.Vries, Jan de. Altnordische Literaturgeschichte. Mit einem Vorw. von Stefanie Würth. 3., unveränd. Aufl. in einem Bd. Berlin : de Gruyter, 1999. (Grundriss der germanischen Philologie ; 15/16). Bd I, p. 136. .
- 5.Turville-Petre, E.O.G. Scaldic poetry. Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1976. P. 12. .
- 6.Genzmer, Felix. Der Dichter der Atlakvida. Arkiv for nordisk filologi. 1926, 42.
- 7.Dronke, Ursula. Commentaire de : The Poetic Edda. Edited with translation, introduction and commentary by Ursula Dronke. Vol. 1, Heroic poems. Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1969. P. 42-43. .
- 8.Holtsmark, Anne. Þórbjørn hornklofes Glymdrápa. Oslo : Aschehoug, 1927. Citée par Jan de Vries, op. cit., Bd I, p. 146.
- 9.L'auteur de la Fagrskinna cite toutefois trois strophes du poèmes (3 à 5) censées illustrées cette bataille, mais elles évoquent selon Snorri les batailles de Sólskel.
- 10.Holtsmark, op. cit., p. 58.
- 11.De Vries, op. cit., Bd I, p. 147.
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