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Eyvindr Finnsson (c. 915–990),
known by the
epithet skáldaspillir ("Skald-player"), was a 10th-century
Norwegian skald. He was the
court poet of king...
- trans. A. Faulkes, 1987.
Gillingr is
mentioned in a
skaldic verse by
Eyvindr skáldaspillir (10th c. AD), who
portrays the mead of
poetry as "Gilling’s...
- are given; one is "Yule-beings" (Old Norse: jólnar). A work by the
skald Eyvindr skáldaspillir that uses the term is then quoted: "again we have produced...
- Þjóðólfr of
Hvinir Háleygjatal ‒ a
similar work on the Hlaðir dynasty, by
Eyvindr skáldaspillir To
these could be
added two
poems relating the
death of a...
- of the
ninth and
tenth centuries, with
poets such as
Bragi Boddason and
Eyvindr skáldaspillir. The
arrival of
Christianity around the year 1000 brought...
- blades)" (
Eyvindr Skáldaspillir: Hákonarmál 6); svarraði sárgymir á sverða nesi "wound-sea (=blood) spra**** on
headland of
swords (=shield)" (
Eyvindr Skáldaspillir:...
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century by
Snorri Sturluson, the poem Hákonarmál (by the 10th
century skald Eyvindr skáldaspillir) as
collected in Heimskringla, and a
stanza of an anonymous...
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called Surt's fire was when Troy burned". In
chapter 2, a work by the
skald Eyvindr skáldaspillir is
quoted that
mentions "Surt's deep vales",
using the name...
- Skáldatal,
Haakon had the
following poets at his court:[citation needed]
Eyvindr Finnsson Einarr skálaglamm
Tindr Hallkelsson Skafti Þóroddsson Þórólfr...
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decides the time for
revenge has come. He
receives news that Sámr's brother,
Eyvindr, is
travelling close by with a few companions. He
gathers his own men and...
