Ólafs ríma Haraldssonar

Ólafs ríma Haraldssonar is a 14th century ríma by Einarr Gilsson on the career of Saint Óláfr Haraldsson of Norway.

The work is preserved in Flateyjarbók, from around 1390, and was probably composed a couple of decades earlier. The narrative follows the account of Óláfr's life in Heimskringla, focusing on the Battle of Stiklestad and Óláfr's miracles after his death. The work is literary though the diction is simple. The ríma consists of 65 ferskeytt verses. There is no mansöngr.

Ólafs ríma is often considered the earliest ríma.

References

• Poole, Russell G. (1991). Viking Poems on War and Peace. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0-8020-6789-1