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Sonatorrek ("the
irreparable loss of sons") is a
skaldic poem in 25 stanzas, that
appears in Egil's Saga (written c.a. 1220–1240), an
Icelandic saga focusing...
- and Friðþjófs saga hins frœkna; and in the
poetry of skalds, such as
Sonatorrek, a 10th-century poem by
Icelandic skald Egill Skallagrímsson. The Old...
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variety of Old
Norse sources. Ægir and Rán
receive mention in the poem
Sonatorrek attributed to 10th
century Icelandic skald Egill Skallagrímsson. In the...
- of
wealth (Edwin, Audoin) Óðins nǫfn (1) Bági ulfs
Enemy of the Wolf
Sonatorrek (24)
Baldrs faðir Balder's
father Lausavísa from
Styrbjarnar þáttr Svíakappa...
- many
historians to be the
finest of the
ancient Scandinavian poets and
Sonatorrek, the
dirge over his own sons, has been
called "the
birth of
Nordic personal...
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referring to death. The Icelanders' saga
Egils saga
contains the poem
Sonatorrek. The saga
attributes the poem to 10th-century
skald Egill Skallagrímsson...
- 434. Larrington, Carolyne. "Egill’s
longer poems: Arinbjarnarkviða and
Sonatorrek." In
Introductory Essays on
Egils saga and Njáls saga, ed. J.
Hines and...
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Norwegian kviduhått); this
genealogical verse form is also used in Son loss (
Sonatorrek) in
Egils saga. In this form of verse, the
lines alternate between three...
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Egill Skallagrímsson's
reference to his
relationship with Odin in his "
Sonatorrek", a tenth-century
skaldic poem for example. This
practice has been interpreted...
- as cir****stance pieces, such as the
following by
Egill Skallagrímsson:
Sonatorrek ‒ a
lament on the
deaths of his sons Höfuðlausn ‒ in
praise of Eric Bloodaxe...
