Jórunn skáldmær

Jórunn skáldmær ("poet-maiden") was a Norwegian skald active in the first half of the 10th century. Only two stanzas and three half-stanzas of her Sendibítr ("Biting message") were preserved, mostly in Snorri Sturluson's works.^[1] The Sendibítr, which deals with a conflict between Harald Fairhair and his son Halfdan the Black, is the longest recorded skaldic poem composed by a woman.^[2]

Notes

1. ↑ Haralds saga hárfagra, Óláfs saga helga in sérstaka, Skáldskaparmál.
2. ↑ Borovsky, Zoe. 1999. "Never in public: Women and performance in Old Norse Literature". Journal of American Folklore. 112 (443): 6–39.

See also

• Hildr Hrólfsdóttir
• Gunnhildr konungamóðir
• Steinunn Refsdóttir

External links

• Jórunn's Sendibítr in the original language

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