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Vellekla (Old
Norse for "shortage of gold") is a
partially preserved drápa (series of
stanzas with refrain)
composed in the late 10th
century by the Icelandic...
- Jesus, to
which he also
attributes a
period of
world peace. In the drápa
Vellekla, the
skald Einarr Helgason skálaglamm
praises the
ruler Haakon Jarl: In...
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rides alone,"
perhaps originally "the one who
rules alone" Haustlöng (19),
Vellekla (15), Nafnaþulur,
Lokrur II (6, 34, 40), III (40)
Ennilangr Ennilang "the...
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deeds of King
Harald Fairhair, by Þorbjörn Hornklofi,
partially preserved Vellekla ‒ the
deeds of Jarl Hákon Sigurðarson, by
Einarr skálaglamm, partially...
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poetry are provided,
including "Kvasir's blood". In reference, part of
Vellekla by the 10th
century Icelandic skald Einarr skálaglamm is provided, where...
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Kolbeinsson honors the
fallen Jomsvikings at the
Battle of Hjǫrungavágr.
Vellekla,
composed by the
Icelandic skald Einarr Helgason,
speaks of the Battle...
- was a
court poet of Lord Hákon to whom he
dedicated his
magnum opus, the
Vellekla (Gold Dearth). Einarr's
added name skálaglamm
means "tinkle-scales" and...
- In the Saga of
Harald Graycloak, a
stanza is
given of a poem
entitled Vellekla ("Lack of Gold") by the 10th
century Icelandic skald Einarr skálaglamm...
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dreyra "listen, earl, to Kvasir's
blood (=poetry)" (Einarr skálaglamm:
Vellekla 1).
Sometimes there is a kind of
redundancy whereby the
referent of the...
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Hagbard and Signy. Skáldskaparmál,
Ynglinga saga (22),
Ynglingatal (9, 12),
Vellekla (26), Nafnaþulur (Ia2),
Gesta Danorum (VII), Völsunga saga (XXV) Hagbard2...
