- Þórbjǫrn
Hornklofi (Modern Norwegian: Torbjørn Hornklove) was a 9th-century
Norwegian skald and one of the
court poets of King
Harald Fairhair. His poetry...
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biography is uncertain. A
couple of
praise poems by his
court poet Þorbjörn
Hornklofi survive in fragments, but the
extant accounts of his life come from sagas...
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accepted as
being written by the 9th-century
Norwegian skald Þorbjörn
Hornklofi. Hrafnsmál
largely consists of a
conversation between an
unnamed valkyrie...
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Examples include: Glymdrápa ‒ the
deeds of King
Harald Fairhair, by Þorbjörn
Hornklofi,
partially preserved Vellekla ‒ the
deeds of Jarl Hákon Sigurðarson, by...
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composed by
another of
Harald Fairhair's court-poets
named Þórbjǫrn
Hornklofi. Þjóðólfr
composed Ynglingatal for
Ragnvald Heidumhære, a
chieftain from...
- Haraldskvæthi or Hrafnsmól (Lay of Harold), a
ballad written by Þorbjörn
Hornklofi, the
court poet of King
Harald Fairhair. The
ballad is very simple, dramatic...
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skalds that have used the name of
valkyries in said
manner (Þorbjörn
Hornklofi uses "Skögul's din" for "battlefield",
Bersi Skáldtorfuson uses "Gunnr's...
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three scaldic verses said to be
composed by King Harald's
skald Þorbjörn
Hornklofi. One of them
states that
Harald was the
enemy of the
Geats and apparently...
- N
Harald Fairhair lord of the
northmen dróttin Norðmanna ON Þorbjörn
Hornklofi, Hrafnsmál
honour mind's
worth weorðmyndum OE
Beowulf hook bait-gallows...
- form of a
genitive phrase (báru fákr "wave's horse" = "ship" (Þorbjörn
Hornklofi: Glymdrápa 3)) or a
compound word (gjálfr-marr "sea-steed" = "ship" (Anon...
