Eysteinn Ásgrímsson
Eysteinn Ásgrímsson (c. 1310 – March 14, 1361) was an Icelandic monk, ecclesiastical inspector, and skald (poet); Lilja, the best known and possibly the best medieval Icelandic Christian poem, is attributed to him.
Life
Eysteinn Ásgrímsson was at the
Niðarós (Trondheim).[1]
Lilja
Lilja ("the lily", in medieval Christian imagery symbolizing purity and thus also the
Ave Maria, and so the poem has traditionally been interpreted as dedicated to the Virgin Mary.[2]
The poem was emulated in the 15th century and an edited version included in the 1612 Icelandic Protestant anthology Vísnabók.[4]
References
- ^ Stefán Einarsson (1959) [1957]. A History of Icelandic Literature. Baltimore / New York: The American-Scandinavian Foundation, Johns Hopkins University. p. 74.
- ^ a b Stefán Einarsson, p. 75.
- ISBN 978-0-8240-4787-0.
- ^ Stefán Einarsson, p. 76.
Editions
- Finnur Jónsson, ed. (1915). Den norsk-islandske skjaldedigtning. Vol. BII (4). Copenhagen / Christiania: Kommissionen for den Arnamagnæanske Legat, Gyldendal. pp. 390–416. Archived from the original on 2012-04-06 – via Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages. (Volume with Danish translation viewable online in the US at the Hathi Trust).
- Martin Chase, ed. (2007). "Lilja — Anon" (with translation). Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages.
- Eiríkr Magnússon, ed. (1870). Lilja (The Lily): An Icelandic Religious Poem of the Fourteenth Century(with translation). London: Williams & Norgate.
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