Einarr Helgason

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is a patronymic, not a family name; this person is properly referred to by the given name Einarr.

Viking Age scales

Einarr Helgason or Einarr skálaglamm was a 10th-century Icelandic skald. He was a court poet of Lord Hákon to whom he dedicated his magnum opus, the Vellekla (Gold Dearth). Einarr's added name skálaglamm means "Bowl tinkle" and refers to a set of balances and weights with divinatory powers, given to him by Hákon.

The part of Einarr's poetry that has come down to us is preserved in the Kings' sagas, the Prose Edda, Egils saga and Jómsvíkinga saga. According to Egils saga, Einarr was a friend of Egill Skalla-Grímsson and once gave him a decorated shield which he had received in Norway. Egill was greatly displeased since tradition compelled him to compose a drápa on the shield.

According to Landnámabók and other sources, Einarr drowned in Breiðafjörður.

References

Of Einar Helgi's son and Egil A chapter from Egils saga
Heimskringla : King Olaf Trygvason's Saga: Part I Includes many quotations from Vellekla translated by Laing
Einarr skálaglamm All of Einarr's poetry with short notes on the skald in Icelandic
Vellekla Text of the poem with short notes on the skald in Norwegian

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

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