The Structure of Old Norse Dróttkvætt Poetry by Kari Ellen Gade

The Structure of Old Norse Dróttkvætt Poetry

Islandica, 49

Kari Ellen Gade

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The drottkvett was a form of Old Norse skaldic poetry composed to glorify a chieftain's deeds or to lament his death. Kari Ellen Gade explores the structural peculiarities of ninth- and tenth-century drottkvett poetry and suggests a solution to th...

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