Þjóðólfr of Hvinir

Þjóðólfr of Hvinir [Thjodolf] (c.855–930) was a Norwegian skald.^[1] He is considered to have been the original author of Ynglingatal, a poem glorifying the Norwegian petty king Ragnvald the Mountain-High, by describing how he was descended from the Swedish kings and the Norse gods.

He is also credited with another skaldic poem, Haustlöng.^[1]

References

1 2 Gilman, D. C.; Thurston, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Norwegian Literature". New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.

Pagan (or once-pagan) Skalds

Skalds	Auðunn illskælda Bragi Boddason (Ragnarsdrápa) Egill Skalla-Grímsson (Arinbjarnarkviða, Höfuðlausn , Sonatorrek) Eilífr Guðrúnarson (Þórsdrápa) Einarr skálaglamm Erpr lútandi Eyjólfr dáðaskáld Eysteinn Valdason Eyvindr skáldaspillir (Hákonarmál, Háleygjatal) Gamli gnævaðarskáld Glúmr Geirason Gunnlaugr ormstunga Guthormr sindri (Hákonardrápa) Hallar-Steinn Halldórr ókristni Hallfreðr vandræðaskáld Hrafn Önundarson Jórunn skáldmær Kormákr Ögmundarson Skafti Þóroddsson Skúli Þórsteinsson Steinn Herdísarson Steinunn Refsdóttir Þjóðólfr of Hvinir (Haustlöng, Ynglingatal) Tindr Hallkelsson Úlfr Sebbason Úlfr Uggason (Húsdrápa) Vetrliði Sumarliðason Vigfúss Víga-Glúmsson

See also	Alliterative verse Bragi Heiti Kenning (List of kennings) Málaháttr Mead of poetry Odin Old Norse poetry Skaldic poetry

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 19582913 LCCN: nr97004712 GND: 120729806

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