• Óttarr svarti (“Óttarr the Black”) was an 11th-century Icelandic skald. He was the court poet first of Óláfr skautkonungr of Sweden, then of Óláfr Haraldsson...
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    of King Cnut the Great, three poems by Sigvatr Þórðarson, Óttarr svarti, and Óttarr svarti (partially preserved) Geisli ‒ the deeds of King Olaf Haraldsson...
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  • The Knútsdrápa by the skald Óttarr svarti (Óttar the Black) is one of the Old Norse poems composed for King Cnut. Knútsdrápur (plural of Knútsdrápa) are...
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    Götaland figuring in the Jomsvikinga Saga and in the Heimskringla Óttarr svarti (Óttarr the Black), an 11th-century Icelandic court poet Óttar of Dublin...
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    Encomium Emmae, do not mention this. Even so, in a Knútsdrápa by the skald Óttarr svarti, there is a statement that Cnut was "of no great age" when he first...
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    who had supported Olaf against him. A verse by the Icelandic skald Óttarr svarti calls Cnut "king of the Danes, the Irish, the English and the Islanders";...
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    Heimskringla, published by Samuel Laing in 1844, included a verse by Óttarr svarti, that looks very similar to the nursery rhyme: London Bridge is broken...
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    briefly in Knýtlinga saga which quotes a verse of skaldic poetry by Óttarr svarti, one of Cnut's court poets. King Knut fought the third battle, a major...
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    Finnic peoples under Swedish control had rebelled. The Icelandic skald Óttarr svarti spent some time at Olof's court and composed the poem Óláfsdrápa sænska...
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    same stanza is attributed to Sigvatr Þórðarson in Heimskringla and to Óttarr svarti in other sagas on St. Óláfr. Styrmir's saga gives some information on...
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    briefly in Knýtlinga saga which quotes a verse of skaldic poetry by Óttarr svarti, one of Cnut's court poets. King Knut fought the third battle, a major...
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  • Yakamochi (大伴家持, c. 718–785, Japan, p) U Ottama (1879–1939, Burma, nf) Óttarr svarti (fl: 11th c., Iceland, p) Géza Ottlik (1912–1990, Hungary, nf) Moncef...
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  • of Canute the Great. There are a number of these: The Knútsdrápa by Óttarr svarti The Knútsdrapa by Sigvatr Þórðarson Eight poetic fragments thought to...
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  • hagiographical saga Óláfs saga helga. According to the saga, the Icelandic skald Óttarr svarti composed a mansǫngsdrápa about Queen Ástríðr of Norway when they were...
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    bókmennta. Retrieved 14 June 2018. Townend, Matthew (2012). "Text – Óttarr svarti, Hǫfuðlausn". skaldic.abdn.ac.uk. Retrieved 14 June 2018. "Örn Árnason"...
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  • (1173/4–1237), King of Mann and the Isles (mostly in present-day Scotland) Óttarr svarti or Óttarr the Black, 11th century Icelandic skald Theodore the Black (died...
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    skalds are known to have served Anund Jacob: Sighvatr Þórðarson and Óttarr svarti. The Hervarar saga from the 13th century concludes with a chronicle...
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  • the Swede’ was a skaldic poem composed by Óttarr svarti in honour of the Swedish king Olof Skötkonung. Óttarr spent some time with the Swedish king and...
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  • Norse Skaldic poems: Hǫfuðlausn by Egill Skallagrímsson Hǫfuðlausn by Óttarr svarti Hǫfuðlausn by Þórarinn loftunga This disambiguation page lists articles...
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  • Tryggvason (ÓTr) Ólǫf geisli Þórisdóttir (Ólǫf) Óspakr Glúmsson (Óspakr) Óttarr svarti (Ótt) Páll Þorsteinsson (Páll) Ragnarr loðbrók (Rloð) Reginn (Reginn)...
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    Egill Tunnudólgr Egill Tunnadólgr Ohthere and Onela Óttarr Óttarr Ottarus Óttarr Vendilkráka Óttarr Vendilskráka Eadgils and Eanmund Aðils Aðísl at Uppsölum...
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  • According to a poetic verse composed by the contemporary Icelandic skald Óttarr svarti, Knútr's subjects included Danes, Englishmen, Irishmen, and Islesmen...
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    ♂Halfdan hinn mildi ♀Líf ♂Alfarinn ♂Gyrðr ♀Ása ♂Guðrøðr hinn gǫfugláti ♀Alfhildr ♂Halfdan svarti ♂Óláfr Geirstaðaalfr ♂Haraldr hárfagri ♂Ragnvaldr heiðumhár...
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  • ♂Eiríkr ♀Ingiborg ♂Aunn hinn gamli ♂nine sons ♂Egill Vendilkráka ♂Helgi ♂Áli ♂Óttarr ♀Yrsa ♂Aðils ♂Aunmundr ♂Hrólfr kraki ♂Eysteinn ♂Gauti ♂Ingvarr ♂Óláfr hinn...
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    "Magnus filius Olavi Duf". This Latin text corresponds to the Old Norse svarti accorded to Óláfr by the thirteenth-century Hákonar saga Hákonarsonar. Óláfr's...
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    reports that a detachment of ships, led by Páll's son, Bálki, and a certain Óttarr Snækollr, journeyed to Skye where they fought and killed Þórkell Þórmóðarson...
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