In Old Norse poetry and later Icelandic poetry, a lausavísa (pl. lausavísur) is a single stanza composition, or a set of stanzas unconnected by narrative...
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name and the kenning may mean simply "jötunn".[citation needed] In a lausavísa composed by Vetrliði Sumarliðason and quoted in Skáldskaparmál, Gjálp...
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giantess" = "slayer of giants" = "the god Thor" (Steinunn Refsdóttir: Lausavísa 2). If the figure comprises more than three elements, it is said to be...
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influence over Scotland died out by the time of Cnut's death. Further, a Lausavísa attributable to the skald Óttarr svarti greets the ruler of the Danes...
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Bági ulfs Enemy of the Wolf Sonatorrek (24) Baldrs faðir Balder's father Lausavísa from Styrbjarnar þáttr Svíakappa Báleygr Baleyg Flaming Eye, Shifty Eyed...
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Wolds to distract the men of the Swedish king. N Eyvindr Skáldaspillir, Lausavísa 8 gold serpent's lair Serpents (and dragons) were reputed to lie upon...
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kill the priest, but Úlfr refuses to be involved. He then composes the lausavísa that is, along with Húsdrápa, all that survives of his work. Ulfr's poetry...
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his stabbing from below. Þorfinnr munnr is attributed with composing a lausavísa, recorded in Ólafssaga. In this account, Olaf asked him to compose a poem...
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Styrbjörn is found in Styrbjarnar þáttr Svíakappa, where the following lausavísa (about 985) mentions him: Eigi vildu Jótar reiða gjald til skeiða, áðr...
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English scīn-lǣce ('sorceress'). The death of Leikn is mentioned in a lausavísa composed by Vetrliði Sumarliðason which praises Thor for having killed...
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his that have survived were ostensibly composed while in captivity. One lausavísa is attributed to Bersi in the surviving fragments of Óláfs saga helga...
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Unknown skald or skalds from a number of texts, mentioned as Lausavísur or Lausavísa. Anonymous Poems (Anon) - A collection of anonymous poems, authors unknown...
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Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar en mesta. Only one stanza of his work survived, a lausavísa praising Thor for having killed giants and giantesses: Thou didst break...
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clemency for her father. On this occasion she composed a skaldic stanza (lausavísa), which is one of the few examples of skaldic poetry composed by a woman...
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Úlfr refused to be involved. This request, which takes the form of a lausavísa, is all that survives of his work. But according to Snorri's Háttatal...
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Extracts available from De Re Militari. Kari Ellen Gade 2009, ‘Anonymous, Lausavísa from Knýtlinga saga’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’...
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of his jotun origins is mentioned in Skáldskaparmál, where there is a lausavísa by Vetrliði Sumarliðason praising Thor for having killed giants and giantesses...
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the king. A refrain is also preserved. Aside from the above poems one lausavísa by Glúmr is preserved, composed just after the Battle of Stord. Finnur...
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