Kálfsvísa
The Kálfsvísa ("Kálfr's vísa", Kálfr being maybe the name of its author[1]), sometimes mistakenly called Alsvinnsmál,[2] is a poem partially preserved in Snorri Sturluson’s Skáldskaparmál.
Its three stanzas in fornyrðislag mostly consist of a þula of horses and their riders, Norse heroes (for instance Grani and Sigurðr). The Kálfsvísa also includes a narrative dealing with the Battle on the Ice of Lake Vänern between Áli and Aðils.[3]
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Notes
- ^ Simek, Rudolf. Hermann Pálsson. 2007. Lexikon der altnordischen Literatur: die mittelalterliche Literatur Norwegens und Islands. Stuttgart: Kröner. ISBN 978-3-520-49002-5.
- ^ In the Skáldskaparmál, Alsvinnsmál is also used as an alternative name for the Eddic poem Alvíssmál, Alsvinnr and Alvíss both meaning "All-wise".
- ^ This battle is also referred to in the Skáldskaparmál (44), in the Ynglinga saga (29), in the Skjöldunga saga and in Beowulf (2391-2396).)
- ^ Skálskaparmál at Norrøne Tekster og Kvad, Norway.
- ^ Translation by Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur at Cybersamurai Archived 2007-05-07 at the Wayback Machine.