Sigvatr Þórðarson or Sighvatr Þórðarson or Sigvat the Skald (995–1045) was an Icelandic skald. He was a court poet to King Olaf II of Norway, as well...

Assange Sigurjón Þórðarson (born 1964), Icelandic politician Sigvatr Þórðarson (fl. 11th century), court poet to kings of Norway Stefán Þórðarson (born 1975)...

Cnut's visit to Rome was a triumph. In the verse of Knútsdrápa, Sigvatr Þórðarson praises Cnut, his king, as being "dear to the Emperor, close to Peter"...

account of the ceremony in Austrfararvísur by the Norwegian skald Sigvatr Þórðarson, where he tried to impose on the privacy of a series of homes during...

his lungs. The blood eagle is referred to by the 11th-century poet Sigvatr Þórðarson, who, some time between 1020 and 1038, wrote a skaldic verse named...

preserved Knútsdrápa ‒ the deeds of King Cnut the Great, three poems by Sigvatr Þórðarson, Óttarr svarti, and Óttarr svarti (partially preserved) Geisli ‒ the...

Olav Haraldsson (later Saint Olav). Icelandic skald and court poet Sigvatr Þórðarson composed the poem Nesjavísur in memory of the battle. A monument known...

the child's birth, and his Icelandic skald Sigvatr Þórðarson became his godfather. In a hasty baptism, Sigvatr named Magnus after the greatest king he knew...

expect the revenge of the Norwegians. During a visit by the skald Sigvatr Þórðarson, Ragnvald learned that Prince Yaroslav I the Wise of Kievan Rus' had...

eastern journey’) is a skaldic poem composed by the Icelandic skald Sigvatr Þórðarson c. 1019. It is written in the meter dróttkvætt (‘courtly spoken’)...

helga by Styrmir Kárason. However, the same stanza is attributed to Sigvatr Þórðarson in Heimskringla and to Óttarr svarti in other sagas on St. Óláfr....

a dwarf in the dwarf-þula of the Völuspá (11) and in a stanza by Sigvatr Þórðarson. But in the Hávamál (153) he is said to be an elf who carved the runes:...

retainers were expected to avenge their leader if he was killed. Sigvatr Þórðarson (also known as Sigvat the Skald), a court poet to two kings of Norway...

"plain-speaking verses") is a skaldic poem composed by the Icelandic skald Sigvatr Þórðarson. The poem, delivered to King Magnús Oláfsson, functioned as a form...

travelled to Norway he prudently enlisted the help of his uncle and skald Sigvatr Þórðarson to gain an audience with the Norwegian king and redeem himself with...

was the nephew of Sigvatr Þórðarson, and Óttarr clearly based the poem Hǫfuðlausn, his encomium for Óláfr Haraldsson, on Sigvatr’s Víkingarvísur, which...

that fallen lay the liege-lord", and according to another skáld, Sigvatr Þórðarson, Thorir Hund struck the fatal blow. Cnut had installed his son Svein...

as the álfablót in western Sweden mentioned by the Norwegian skald Sigvatr Þórðarson in an early 11th-century poem, were usually performed on farm homesteads...

number of these: The Knútsdrápa by Óttarr svarti The Knútsdrapa by Sigvatr Þórðarson Eight poetic fragments thought to derive from a single Knútsdrapa...

Óláfr Þórðarson (c. 1212–1259, Iceland, nf/p) Sigvatr Þórðarson (995–1045, Iceland, p) Sturla Þórðarson (1214–1284, Iceland, p) Þórbergur Þórðarson (1888/1889–1974...

at the Wayback Machine Jesch, Judith (2012). Whaley, Diana (ed.). "Sigvatr Þórðarson, Poem about Queen Ástríðr". Poetry from the Kings' Sagas 1: From Mythical...

1093/ehr/xi.xlii.301. Retrieved 20 May 2011. Judith Jesch (ed.) 2012, ‘Sigvatr Þórðarson, Víkingarvísur 7’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas...

Sighvatr Sturluson (Old Norse: [ˈsiɣˌxwɑtz̠ ˈsturloˌson]; given name also Sigvatr [ˈsiɣˌwɑtz̠]; Modern Icelandic: Sighvatur Sturluson [ˈsɪɣˌkʰvaːtʏr ˈstʏ(r)tlʏˌsɔːn];...

location of the meeting is stated as being in Fife in a verse by Sigvatr Þórðarson. Thomson therefore speculates that Thorfinn's visit to Fife may have...

in Austrfaravísur (strophe 19) it is reported that when the skald Sigvatr Þórðarson arrived in Sweden in 1023, he learned of "treason" in Kievan Rus'...

century. He composed Tögdrápa, a poem in praise of King Canute. Like Sigvatr Þórðarson's poem in praise of the same king, Knútsdrápa, the Tøgdrápa is composed...

Skaldic verse the word elf is used in the same way as words for gods. Sigvatr Þórðarson's skaldic travelogue Austrfaravísur, composed around 1020, mentions...

Sigurðr slembidjákn Magnússon (Slembir) Sigurðr (Sigurðr) Sigvatr Sturluson (SigvSt) Sigvatr Þórðarson (Sigv) Sjólfr (Sjólfr) Skallagrímr Kveldúlfsson (Skall)...

jarlaskáld Þórðarson". skaldic.abdn.ac.uk. Retrieved 13 June 2018. "Arnórr Earls' Poet [Arnórr Jarlaskáld, Arnórr Þórðarson, Arnórr Thórdarson] (fl. c....

the Tøgdrápa in praise of Olaf being driven out of Norway by Knut. Sigvatr Þórðarson's Erfidrápa Óláfs helga, mentions the horns on Vísundr (Bison), the...