Jómsvíkingadrápa

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Jómsvikingadrápa is a 13th-century skaldic poem composed by (d. 1222), Bishop of Orkney. It is a tribute in drápa form to the fallen Jomsvikings at the Battle of Hjörungavágr. [1]

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  1. ^ Else Mundal. "Bjarne Kolbeinsson, Skald Biskop". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved October 23, 2015.

Other sources[]

  • Chase, Martin (2014 ) Eddic, Skaldic, and Beyond: Poetic Variety in Medieval Iceland and Norway (Fordham University Press) ISBN 9780823257836
  • Crawford, Barbara E. (1987) Scandinavian Scotland (Leicester University Press) ISBN 0-7185-1197-2
  • Pulsiano, Phillip; Kirsten Wolf (1993) Medieval Scandinavia: An Encyclopedia (Taylor & Francis) ISBN 9780824047870
  • Ross, Margaret Clunies (2011) A History of Old Norse Poetry (DS Brewer) ISBN 9781843842798

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