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Sigvatr Þórðarson or
Sighvatr Þórðarson or
Sigvat the
Skald (995–1045) was an
Icelandic skald. He was a
court poet to King Olaf II of Norway, as well...
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North Sea. Cnut's
visit to Rome was a triumph. In the
verse of Knútsdrápa,
Sigvatr Þórðarson
praises Cnut, his king, as
being "dear to the Emperor, close...
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notable account of the
ceremony in Austrfararvísur by the
Norwegian skald Sigvatr Þórðarson,
where he
tried to
impose on the
privacy of a
series of homes...
- the child's birth, and his
Icelandic skald Sigvatr Þórðarson
became his godfather. In a
hasty baptism,
Sigvatr named Magnus after the
greatest king he knew...
- out his lungs. The
blood eagle is
referred to by the 11th-century poet
Sigvatr Þórðarson, who, some time
between 1020 and 1038,
wrote a
skaldic verse...
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preserved Knútsdrápa ‒ the
deeds of King Cnut the Great,
three poems by
Sigvatr Þórðarson, Óttarr svarti, and Óttarr
svarti (partially preserved) Geisli...
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Sighvatr Sturluson (Old Norse: [ˈsiɣˌxwɑtz̠ ˈsturloˌson];
given name also
Sigvatr [ˈsiɣˌwɑtz̠];
Modern Icelandic:
Sighvatur Sturluson [ˈsɪɣˌkʰvaːtʏr ˈstʏ(r)tlʏˌsɔːn];...
- King Olav
Haraldsson (later
Saint Olav).
Icelandic skald and
court poet
Sigvatr Þórðarson
composed the poem Nesjavísur in
memory of the battle. A monument...
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Skaldic verse the word elf is used in the same way as
words for gods.
Sigvatr Þórðarson's
skaldic travelogue Austrfaravísur,
composed around 1020, mentions...
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former Something Awful forum member Eric
Vaughn under the
screen name "
Sigvatr". It is a top-down
shoot 'em up
video game. The aim of the game is to kill...
