Þórbjǫrn Hornklofi | |
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Occupation | Skald |
Language | Old Norse |
Period | Viking Age |
Literary movement | Skaldic poetry |
Years active | Late 9th to early 10th century |
Notable works | Haustlǫng, Ynglingatal |
Þjóðólfr ór Hvini (Old Norse pronunciation: [ˈθjoːðˌoːlvz̠ oːz̠ ˈxwine]; anglicized as Thjódólf of Hvinir or Thiodolf; fl. late 9th–early 10th c. AD), [1] was a Norwegian skald, said to have been one of the court-poets of the Norwegian king Harald Fairhair. [2] [3] His name suggests that he was from the region of Hvinir ( Kvinesdal). [1] Two skaldic poems, Haustlǫng (Autumn-long) and Ynglingatal (Enumeration of the Ynglingar), are generally attributed to him. [2] [3]
According to Heimskringla, he fostered Harald's sons Sigurd Hrisi, Halfdan Long-Leg, Gudröd the Radiant, Ragnvald Rettilbein.
Both Haustlǫng and Ynglingatal are ascribed to Þjóðólfr of Hvinir from a relatively early period. They were preserved, along with some other of his verses, by the 13th-century Icelandic writer Snorri Sturluson in the Prose Edda. [2] A third poem, Hrafnsmál, is also attributed to him by Snorri, although scholars rather think that it was composed by another of Harald Fairhair's court-poets named Þórbjǫrn Hornklofi. [2]
Þjóðólfr composed Ynglingatal for Ragnvald Heidumhære, a chieftain from Vestfold ( Oslofjord). The poem tells about the lives of the Ynglingar, a dynasty of kings from Uppsala, [3] and forms the basis for Snorri's Ynglinga saga. [4]
What we have preserved of Haustlǫng is centred on two mythological scenes: Loki's betraying of Iðunn, the Æsir's "old-age cure", who was snatched from them by the jǫtunn Þjazi in eagle form; and Thor's victorious combat against the strongest of the jǫtnar, Hrungnir. [3] If as seems likely it was composed in emulation of Bragi inn gamli's Ragnarsdrápa, it will have had two further episodes. [5]
Þórbjǫrn Hornklofi | |
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Occupation | Skald |
Language | Old Norse |
Period | Viking Age |
Literary movement | Skaldic poetry |
Years active | Late 9th to early 10th century |
Notable works | Haustlǫng, Ynglingatal |
Þjóðólfr ór Hvini (Old Norse pronunciation: [ˈθjoːðˌoːlvz̠ oːz̠ ˈxwine]; anglicized as Thjódólf of Hvinir or Thiodolf; fl. late 9th–early 10th c. AD), [1] was a Norwegian skald, said to have been one of the court-poets of the Norwegian king Harald Fairhair. [2] [3] His name suggests that he was from the region of Hvinir ( Kvinesdal). [1] Two skaldic poems, Haustlǫng (Autumn-long) and Ynglingatal (Enumeration of the Ynglingar), are generally attributed to him. [2] [3]
According to Heimskringla, he fostered Harald's sons Sigurd Hrisi, Halfdan Long-Leg, Gudröd the Radiant, Ragnvald Rettilbein.
Both Haustlǫng and Ynglingatal are ascribed to Þjóðólfr of Hvinir from a relatively early period. They were preserved, along with some other of his verses, by the 13th-century Icelandic writer Snorri Sturluson in the Prose Edda. [2] A third poem, Hrafnsmál, is also attributed to him by Snorri, although scholars rather think that it was composed by another of Harald Fairhair's court-poets named Þórbjǫrn Hornklofi. [2]
Þjóðólfr composed Ynglingatal for Ragnvald Heidumhære, a chieftain from Vestfold ( Oslofjord). The poem tells about the lives of the Ynglingar, a dynasty of kings from Uppsala, [3] and forms the basis for Snorri's Ynglinga saga. [4]
What we have preserved of Haustlǫng is centred on two mythological scenes: Loki's betraying of Iðunn, the Æsir's "old-age cure", who was snatched from them by the jǫtunn Þjazi in eagle form; and Thor's victorious combat against the strongest of the jǫtnar, Hrungnir. [3] If as seems likely it was composed in emulation of Bragi inn gamli's Ragnarsdrápa, it will have had two further episodes. [5]