Þorbjörn hornklofi
Þorbjörn hornklofi , alternatively also Hornklofi ( Old Norse Þórbjǫrn hornklofi , Norwegian Torbjørn Hornkløve or Hornklove , German also Thorbjörn Hornklaue ), was a Norwegian skald of the 9th or 10th century who worked at the court of King Harald Fairhair .
Hornklofis surviving works includes only next to the song of praise of Hrafnsmál , a lausavísa in individual verses and the aggregate also as praise Harald Glymdrapá . Hornklofi's poetry is mainly transmitted through the Heimskringla of Snorri Sturluson and there comprises 33 stanzas and semi-stanzas.
Web links
- Entry for Þórbjǫrn hornklofi (works) in the database of the Skaldic Poetry project
- Torbjørn Hornkløve in Store Norske Leksikon (Norwegian)
- Lausavísa on Heimskringla.no
- Index to Hornklofi's works (Icelandic and Old Norse)
- The Lay of Harold (The song about Harold) , translation and commentary by Lee M. Hollander (English)
literature
- Rudolf Simek , Hermann Pálsson : Lexicon of Old Norse Literature (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 490). Kröner, Stuttgart 1987, ISBN 3-520-49001-3 .
- Jan de Vries: Old Norse literary history. In: Grundriss der Germanischen Philologie 15/16. Third, unchanged edition in one volume with a foreword by Stefanie Würth. De Gruyter, Berlin and New York 1999. ISBN 3-11-016330-6 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Þorbjörn hornklofi |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hornklofi, Torbjørn Hornkløve |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian skald |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 9th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 10th century |