Nóregs konungatal

Nóregs konungatal^[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.^[2] Consisting of 83 stanzas, the poem was composed for the influential Icelander Jón Loptsson and celebrates his descent from the Norwegian royal line.^[3] The poem is modelled after the earlier genealogical poems Háleygjatal and Ynglingatal,^[4] 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.^[5]

Notes

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

References

• Clover, Carol J. and John Lindow (2005). Old Norse-Icelandic Literature : A Critical Guide. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0802038239
• Ekrem, Inger (ed.) et al. (2000). Olavslegenden og den latinske historieskrivning i 1100-tallets Norge. Museum Tusculanums Forlag. ISBN 8772896167
• Eysteinn Björnsson (2002). Index of Old Norse/Icelandic Skaldic Poetry. Published online at: http://www.hi.is/~eybjorn/ugm/skindex/skindex.html See in particular Nóregs konungatal at http://www.hi.is/~eybjorn/ugm/skindex/nktt.html from the editions of Finnur Jónsson and E. A. Kock.
• Hoops, Johannes (2003). Reallexikon der germanischen Altertumskunde: Band 22. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 3110173514
• North, Richard (1997). Heathen Gods in Old English Literature. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521551838