Eyvindr skáldaspillir
Eyvindr Finnsson skáldaspillir | |
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Born | c. 915 |
Died | c. 990 |
Occupation | Skald |
Language | Old Norse |
Period | Viking Age |
Literary movement | Skaldic poetry |
Years active | 10th century |
Notable works | Hákonarmál, Háleygjatal |
Eyvindr Finnsson (c. 915–990), known by the epithet skáldaspillir ("Skald-spoiler"), was a 10th-century Norwegian skald. He was the court poet of king Hákon the Good and earl Hákon of Hlaðir. His son Hárekr later became a prominent chieftain in Norway.
His preserved longer works are:
- Hákonarmál - Composed in memory of king Hákon and tells of his reception in Valhalla. The poem is similar to the earlier Eiríksmál.
- Háleygjatal - Recounts the ancestors of earl Hákon back up to Odin and tells of their deaths. The poem is similar to the earlier Ynglingatal.
- Some 14 stand-alone stanzas (lausarvísur) on historical events.
Among Evyindr's most celebrated lausarvísur is the following, attested in Haralds saga Gráfeldar, supposedly composed during the 960s or 970s:
Snýr á Svǫlnis vôru
— svá hǫfum inn sem Finnar
birkihind of bundit
brums — at miðju sumri.
It is snowing on the spouse of Svǫlnir [i.e. the spouse of Óðinn, Jǫrð (the Old Norse equivalent of English ‘earth’)]
in the middle of summer;
we have tied up the bark-stripping hind of the bud [i.e. goat]
inside just like the Saami.[1]
Eyvindr drew heavily on earlier poetry in his works. The cognomen skáldaspillir means literally "spoiler of poets" and is sometimes translated as "plagiarist", though it might also mean that he was better than any other poet.
He is mentioned in the second verse of the Norwegian national anthem.
Editions and translations
- Evindr skáldaspillir Finsson, 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, 2012), https://www.skaldic.org/skaldic/m.php?p=skald&i=57
References
- ^ Russell Poole (ed.) 2012, ‘Eyvindr skáldaspillir Finnsson, Lausavísur 12’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Brepols, Turnhout, p. 231. Translation adapted slightly to make the conventions of the edition clearer to the general reader.
- Skáldatal
- An index of Eyvindr's poetry
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- Auðunn illskælda
- Bragi Boddason (Ragnarsdrápa)
- Egill Skalla-Grímsson (Arinbjarnarkviða, Höfuðlausn , Sonatorrek)
- Eilífr Guðrúnarson (Þórsdrápa)
- Einarr skálaglamm
- Erpr lútandi
- Eyjólfr dáðaskáld
- Eysteinn Valdason
- Eyvindr skáldaspillir (Hákonarmál, Háleygjatal)
- Gamli gnævaðarskáld
- Glúmr Geirason
- Gunnlaugr ormstunga
- Guthormr sindri (Hákonardrápa)
- Hallar-Steinn
- Halldórr ókristni
- Hofgarða-Refr Gestsson
- Hrafn Önundarson
- Jórunn skáldmær
- Kormákr Ögmundarson
- Skafti Þóroddsson
- Skúli Þórsteinsson
- Steinn Herdísarson
- Steinunn Refsdóttir
- Þjóðólfr of Hvinir (Haustlöng, Ynglingatal)
- Þorbjǫrn Hornklofi (Hrafnsmál, Glymdrápa)
- Þorkell Gíslason (Búadrápa)
- Þorleifr jarlsskáld
- Tindr Hallkelsson
- Úlfr Sebbason
- Úlfr Uggason (Húsdrápa)
- Vetrliði Sumarliðason
- Vigfúss Víga-Glúmsson
- Arngrímr ábóti Brandsson
- Arnórr jarlaskáld
- Ámundi Árnason
- Árni ábóti Jónsson
- Árni óreiða Magnússon
- Ásgrímr Ketilsson
- Bersi Skáldtorfuson
- Bjarni Kolbeinsson
- Bjarni gullbrárskáld
- Bjǫrn krepphendi
- Eilífr kúlnasveinn
- Einarr Gilsson
- Einarr Skúlason
- Gamli kanóki
- Gizurr svarti (gullbrárskáld)
- Gunnlaugr Leifsson
- Hallar-Steinn
- Halldórr skvaldri
- Haukr Valdísarson
- Ingjaldr Geirmundarson
- Ívarr Ingimundarson
- Kálfr Hallsson
- Kolbeinn Tumason
- Markús Skeggjason
- Níkulás Bergsson
- Óláfr hvítaskáld Þórðarson
- Sigvatr Þórðarson
- Sneglu-Halli
- Snorri Sturluson]
- Steinn Herdísarson
- Sturla Þórðarson
- Svartr á Hofstöðum
- Valgarðr á Velli
- Þjóðólfr Arnórsson
- Þorleikr fagri
- Þormóðr Kolbrúnarskáld
- Þormóðr Óláfsson
- Þorvaldr blǫnduskáld
- Þórarinn loftunga
- Þórarinn stuttfeldr