Nóregs konungatal

Nóregs konungatal[note 1] (List of Norwegian Kings) is an Icelandic skaldic poem. Composed around 1190, the poem is preserved in the 14th-century Flateyjarbók manuscript. It is based on the lost historical work of Sæmundr fróði and is the best extant testimony on the scope of Sæmundr's work.[1] Consisting of 83 stanzas, the poem was composed for the influential Icelander Jón Loftsson and celebrates his descent from the Norwegian royal line.[2] The poem is modelled after the earlier genealogical poems Háleygjatal and Ynglingatal,[3] with which it shares the metre of kviðuháttr. It is thought to contain the central points of Sæmundr's lost work, especially its chronological information.[4]

Notes

  1. ^ Clover 2005, p. 199.
  2. ^ Hoops 2003, p. 70.
  3. ^ North 1997, p. 39.
  4. ^ Ekrem 2000, p. 12.
  1. ^ Alternatively Nóregs konunga-tal or Nóregs konunga tal. The same title is sometimes applied to Fagrskinna.

References

  • Carol J. Clover; John Lindow; Medieval Academy of America (2005). Old Norse-Icelandic Literature: A Critical Guide. ISBN 978-0-8020-3823-4.
  • Inger Ekrem; Lars Boje Mortensen; Karen Skovgaard-Petersen (2000). Olavslegenden Og Den Latinske Historieskrivning I 1100-Tallets Norge. Museum Tusculanum. ISBN 978-87-7289-616-8.
  • Eysteinn Björnsson (2002). Index of Old Norse/Icelandic Skaldic Poetry. Published online at: https://web.archive.org/web/20060923215712/http://www.hi.is/~eybjorn/ugm/skindex/skindex.html See in particular Nóregs konungatal at https://web.archive.org/web/20070305085907/http://www.hi.is/~eybjorn/ugm/skindex/nktt.html from the editions of Finnur Jónsson and E. A. Kock.
  • Johanne Hoops (2003). Reallexikon Der Germanischen Altertumskunde. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-017351-2.
  • Richard North (1997-12-11). Heathen Gods in Old English Literature. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-55183-0.