- Hildr Hrólfsdóttir
According to Scandinavian medieval sources Hildr [In "Haralds saga hárfagra" (24) and "
Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar en mesta " (95).] or Ragnhildr [In "Landnámabók " (S 309 / H 270) and "Orkneyinga saga " (4).] Hrólfsdóttir wasHrólfr nefja 's daughter. She married Rögnvald, "jarl " ofMøre . They had three sons: Ívarr, Hrólfr, nicknamed Göngu-Hrölfr and better known as Rollo, and Þórir.Hrólfr used to go on
Viking expeditions. One summer he plundered the Vík. This aroused king Haraldr hárfagri's anger and he was banished.Hildr appealed unsuccessfully for clemency. On this occasion she composed a scaldic stanza ("
lausavísa "), which is one of the few testimonies of scaldic poetry composed by a woman that has come down to us.Notes
External links
* [http://skaldic.arts.usyd.edu.au/db.php?table=poems&id=264 Hildr's "lausavísa" in the original language.]
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