literally "a rhyme", pl. rímur, [ˈriːmʏr̥]) is an epic poem written in any of the so-called rímnahættir ([ˈrimnaˌhaihtɪr̥], "rímur meters"). They are rhymed...
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Rímur (singular Ríma) may refer to: Rímur, Icelandic epic poetry Rímur (album), the album by Sigur Rós and Steindór Andersen Rima, the DC comic book hero...
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Landrés rímur is a 15th century rímur cycle based on a part of Karlamagnús saga. It deals with the tribulations of Queen Ólíf and her son Landrés who...
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Grettis saga (section Rímur)
number of Icelandic rímur: 15th century: Grettis rímur (8 rímur, anonymous, attested in Kollsbók) 1656: Grettis rímur (14 rímur, Jón Guðmundsson í Rauðseyjum)...
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Rímur is a limited EP record released independently by Sigur Rós featuring Steindór Andersen performing rímur. It was sold during the band's spring 2001...
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For a long time, rímur were officially banned by the church. Paradoxically, many Icelandic priests were keen in making rímur. Rímur remained popular recreation...
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1942. Craigie was also fluent in Icelandic and an expert in the field of rímur (rhyming epic poems). He made many valuable contributions in that field...
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popular traditional poet, known for his rímur cycles. Núma rímur is his best-known work. Extract from Núma rímur Problems playing this file? See media help...
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the surviving manuscripts of the rímur which indicate that they are based on a slightly different version of the rímur, now lost.: 110 This summary is...
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literary interests on the side. He published a book of rímur in 1945, a textbook on the verse forms of rímur in 1953, two volumes of his own verse in 1957 and...
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Icelandic folk music (section Rímur)
[1] The earliest known text of a rímur dates to the 14th century; for the subsequent six hundred years, the rímur texts were the most prolifically produced...
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Sléttuhlíð and his brother-in-law Ásgrímur Magnússon, who was a farmer and rímur-poet. This poem, Grýlukvæði, can be dated to ca. 1638–1644. Several years...
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Saulus saga ok Nikanors (redirect from Sálus rímur og Níkanórs)
of rímur lists three different rímur based on the saga which Finnur knew in manuscripts in public collections, and reports rumours of six lost rímur on...
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substantial body of poetry. Her major works are two rímur cycles: Hyndlu rímur and Snækóngs rímur. She also composed vikivaki carols, occasional verses...
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rímur ('the rímur of Poet-Helgi', also Skáldhelga rímur or Skáldhelgarímur) is an Icelandic rímur-poem from the 1400s. The poem comprises seven rímur...
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Passion Hymns of Hallgrímur Pétursson, and rímur, rhyming epic poems. Originating in the 14th century, rímur were popular into the 19th century, when the...
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Eyvindarson. 2001: Rímur EP (featuring Sigur Rós) 2002: Rímur & Rapp (joint with Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson and Erpur Eyvindarson 2003: Rímur 2004: Úlfhamsrímur...
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(1926–28). Ordbog til de af samfund til udg. af gml. nord. litteratur udgivne rímur samt til de af Dr. O. Jiriczek udgivne bósarimur, pp. 51–51. København:...
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Sigur Rós christened their newly completed studio by recording an EP titled Rímur with an Icelandic fisherman named Steindór Andersen. The EP contains six...
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Rimur Elias (Persian: ريمورالياس, also Romanized as Rīmūr Elīās) is a village in Mahur Rural District, Mahvarmilani District, Mamasani County, Fars Province...
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alterations sourced from other sagas, including from the Rímur reworking of the same tale, the Hervarar Rímur. H (Hauksbók: Reykjavík, Stofnun Árna Magnússonar...
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Njáls saga Reykdæla saga ok Víga-Skútu Skáld-Helga saga (known only from rímur and later derivations of these) Svarfdæla saga Valla-Ljóts saga Vatnsdæla...
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verse. However, the authorial voice of the fifteenth-century rímur-cycle Landrés rímur describes itself with grammatically feminine adjectives, and accordingly...
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original version has been lost, but its content has been preserved in the rímur of Hrómundr Gripsson, known as Griplur, which were probably composed in...
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Brattahlíð. The contents are first attested in the fourteenth-century rímur Skáld-Helga rímur, but this was rewritten as a prose saga in the modern period, and...
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taught the medieval ballads of Scandinavia, Finnish runo-chanting, Icelandic rímur chanting and Cow calling (kulning) from Sweden and Norway. All these elements...
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sleep from me." The name remained frequently used in woman kennings in rímur poetry. Regarding the seemingly three different, seemingly conflicting,...
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was translated by David Salo. The tune is a variation on a theme of the rímur Icelandic folk tradition. The teaser trailer premiered in theatres on 3...
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alliterative verse. They continued to be a feature of Icelandic poetry (including rímur) for centuries, together with the closely related heiti. Although kennings...
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