- Óttarr
svarti (“Óttarr the Black”) was an 11th-century
Icelandic skald. He was the
court poet
first of Óláfr
skautkonungr of Sweden, then of Óláfr Haraldsson...
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Halfdan the
Black (Old Norse:
Halfdanr Svarti; fl. c. 9th century) was a king of Vestfold. He
belonged to the
House of
Yngling and was the
father of Harald...
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Svartis Tunnel (Norwegian: Svartistunnelen) is a road
tunnel in Meløy,
Nordland county, Norway. The
tunnel is part of
Norwegian County Road 17. It is...
- The Knútsdrápa by the
skald Óttarr
svarti (Óttar the Black) is one of the Old
Norse poems composed for King Cnut. Knútsdrápur (plural of Knútsdrápa) are...
- King Cnut the Great,
three poems by
Sigvatr Þórðarson, Óttarr
svarti, and Óttarr
svarti (partially preserved)
Geisli ‒ the
deeds of King Olaf Haraldsson...
-
either caraway seeds or angelica. Its
potency has
earned it the
nickname svarti dauði ("Black Death").
Modern distilleries on
Iceland produce vodka (Reyka)...
- Emmae, do not
mention this. Even so, in a Knútsdrápa by the
skald Óttarr
svarti,
there is a
statement that Cnut was "of no
great age" when he
first went...
- Götaland
figuring in the
Jomsvikinga Saga and in the
Heimskringla Óttarr
svarti (Óttarr the Black), an 11th-century
Icelandic court poet Óttar of Dublin...
- 17th
centuries was
transferred to
other languages as a calque: Icelandic:
svarti dauði, German: der
schwarze Tod, and French: la mort noire. Previously,...
- Heimskringla,
published by
Samuel Laing in 1844,
included a
verse by Óttarr
svarti, that
looks very
similar to the
nursery rhyme:
London Bridge is
broken down...
