Einarr Gilsson
Einarr Gilsson was an Icelandic poet and official. He was the lögmaður of northern and western Iceland from 1367 to 1369. He is mentioned already in letters dating from 1339 and 1340 but his years of birth and death are unknown. He appears to have lived in Skagafjörður.[1]
Einarr was the author of
hrynhent poem on Guðmundr's conversations with archbishop Þórir of Niðarós and a flokkr on Guðmundr's struggle with the supernatural being Selkolla.[3]
Finnur Jónsson characterized Einarr's poetry as "dry narratives without any poetic flight"[4] and that as a poet Einarr is to be rated "on the whole, not highly".[5]
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References
- Finnur Jónsson (1924). Den oldnorske og oldislandske litteraturs historie. Anden udgave. Tredje bind. København: G. E. C. Gads forlag.
External links
Icelandic Wikisource has original text related to this article:
- Einarr Gilsson Preserved dróttkvætt and hrynhent works
- Entry at the Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages website