Hallfreðr vandræðaskáld
Hallfreðr Óttarsson or Hallfreðr vandræðaskáld (Troublesome Poet) (c. 965 – c. 1007) was an Icelandic
Óláfr Tryggvason and finally of Eiríkr Hákonarson. A significant amount of poetry by Hallfreðr has been preserved, primarily in Hallfreðar saga and the kings' sagas but a few fragments are also quoted in Skáldskaparmál
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In his Christianity under the tutelage of king Óláfr. The following is an example.
Ǫll hefr ætt til hylli |
The whole race of men to win Óðinn 's grace has wrought poems(I recall the exquisite works of my forebears); but with sorrow, for well did Viðrir's [Óðinn's] power please the poet, do I conceive hate for the first husband of Frigg [Óðinn], now I serve Christ. |
| —Lausavísur 10, Whaley's edition | —Lausavísur 10, Whaley's translation |
The Bergsbók manuscript attributes an Óláfsdrápa Tryggvasonar to Hallfreðr, but this attribution is rejected by modern scholars.
External links
- page at the Skaldic Project
- Hallfreðr vandræðaskáld All extant poetry
- Hallfreðar saga vandræðaskálds in the Möðruvallabók version
- Myth and Religion in the Poetry of a Reluctant Convert Article by Diana Whaley
- Erfidrápa Óláfs Tryggvasonar Text of Erfidrápa with short notes on the poet in Norwegian
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