- Hákonardrápa
"Hákonardrápa" ("
drápa of Hákon") is the name of several skaldic poems. Hákon may refer to:
=King Hákon the Good=Guthormr sindri 's "Hákonardrápa" was composed in the10th century in the honour of the king of Norway Hákon the Good.
=JarlHákon Sigurðarson =Other "drápur", written later in the 10th century, praise the Norwegian jarl Hákon Sigurðarson. They were composed by:
Einarr skálaglamm Hallfreðr vandræðaskáld Tindr Hallkelsson
=Þórleifr jarlsskáld Rauðfeldarson=Only one stanza and a few verses of Þórleifr's work on Hákon survived. The stanza (preserved in
Snorri Sturluson 's "Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar ") especially praises the jarl for having sent nine princes toOdin (i.e. killed).King
Hákon Hákonarson The latest "Hákonardrápur" refer to the king of Norway Hákon Hákonarson (Hákon the Old). They were composed in the
13th century by:Gizurr Þorvaldsson Óláfr Leggsson svartaskáld
ee also
* "
Hákonarflokkr "
* "Hákonarkviða "
* "Hákonarmál "External links
* [http://skaldic.arts.usyd.edu.au/db.php?type.x=0&type.y=0&type=search&table=poems&val=H%E1konardr%E1pa The eight "Hákonardrápur" in the original language]
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