- The
Háttatal (Old Norse: 'Tally of Metres'; c. 20,000 words; Old Norse: [ˈhɑːtːɑtɑl],
Modern Icelandic: [ˈhauhtaˌtʰaːl̥]) is the last
section of the Prose...
-
providing lists of
kennings and
heiti (approximately 50,000 words); and
Háttatal,
which discusses the
composition of
traditional skaldic poetry (approximately...
-
Fenrir is
mentioned in
three books: Gyl****inning, Skáldskaparmál and
Háttatal. In
chapter 13 of the
Prose Edda book Gyl****inning,
Fenrir is
first mentioned...
- 1968; a
version was
published in 1983. Gömlu lögin, 1945. Bragfræði og
háttatal, 1953. Stuðlagaldur, 1954. Vandkvæði, 1957. Reiðljóð, 1957. Heiðin, 1984...
- The
second part of the
Prose Edda is the Skáldskaparmál and the
third Háttatal. The work is
often attributed to or
considered to have been
compiled by...
-
Around a
hundred meters are known, many only from
Snorri Sturluson's
Háttatal. One of the
simpler skaldic meters was kviðuháttr, a
variant of fornyrðislag...
-
Heimdall is
mentioned in the
books Gyl****inning, Skáldskaparmál, and
Háttatal. In Gyl****inning, the
enthroned figure of High
tells the
disguised mythical...
- god
connected with the sea, and Bragi, the
skaldic god of poetry; and
Háttatal, a
demonstration of
verse forms used in
Norse mythology.
Gesta Danorum...
-
calls such
examples nýgervingar and
exemplifies them in
verse 6 of his
Háttatal. The
effect here
seems to
depend on an
interplay of more or less naturalistic...
- used as a
common noun for "wolf" in
chapter 64 of the
Prose Edda book
Háttatal. Geri is
referenced in
kennings for "blood" in
chapter 58 of Skáldskaparmál...
