- Guthormr sindri
Guthormr sindri (or Gothormr sindri) is a
10th century Norwegianskald . He was a court-poet of king Haraldr Fairhair ("hárfagri") and his sons, Hálfdan the Black ("svarti") and Hákon the Good ("góði"), for whom he composed the "Hákonardrápa ".Snorri Sturluson relates how Guthormr intervened between Haraldr and Hálfdan and succeeded in putting an end to their conflict: The "Hákonardrápa" is Guthormr's only known work, since the poems about Haraldr Fairhair and Hálfdan the Black mentioned by Snorri were lost. Six stanzas and two half stanzas of the "Hákonardrápa" are preserved in Snorri's "Hákonar saga góða" and in "Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar en mesta ". The poem recounts the battles won by Hákon the Good against the Danes (1-2), his raids inZealand ,Scania andGötaland (3-4) and his victories over the sons of his brotherEric Bloodaxe (6-8).Note
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* [http://skaldic.arts.usyd.edu.au/db.php?table=poems&id=216 Guthormr's "Hákonardrápa" in the original language]
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