Nóregs konungatal explained

Nóregs konungatal (List of Norwegian Kings) is an Icelandic skaldic poem. Composed around 1190, the poem is preserved in the 14th-century Flateyjarbók manuscript. It is based on the lost historical work of Sæmundr fróði and is the best extant testimony on the scope of Sæmundr's work.^[1] Consisting of 83 stanzas, the poem was composed for the influential Icelander Jón Loftsson and celebrates his descent from the Norwegian royal line.^[2] The poem is modelled after the earlier genealogical poems Háleygjatal and Ynglingatal,^[3] with which it shares the metre of kviðuháttr. It is thought to contain the central points of Sæmundr's lost work, especially its chronological information.^[4]

References

• Book: Carol J. Clover. John Lindow . Medieval Academy of America . Old Norse-Icelandic Literature: A Critical Guide. 2005. 978-0-8020-3823-4 .
• Book: Inger Ekrem. Lars Boje Mortensen . Karen Skovgaard-Petersen . Olavslegenden Og Den Latinske Historieskrivning I 1100-Tallets Norge. 2000. Museum Tusculanum. 978-87-7289-616-8 .
• Eysteinn Björnsson (2002). Index of Old Norse/Icelandic Skaldic Poetry. Published online at: https://web.archive.org/web/20060923215712/http://www.hi.is/~eybjorn/ugm/skindex/skindex.html See in particular Nóregs konungatal at https://web.archive.org/web/20070305085907/http://www.hi.is/~eybjorn/ugm/skindex/nktt.html from the editions of Finnur Jónsson and E. A. Kock.
• Book: Johanne Hoops. Reallexikon Der Germanischen Altertumskunde. 2003. Walter de Gruyter. 978-3-11-017351-2 .
• Book: Richard North. Heathen Gods in Old English Literature. 1997-12-11. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-55183-0 .

Notes and References

1. Clover 2005, p. 199.
2. Hoops 2003, p. 70.
3. North 1997, p. 39.
4. Ekrem 2000, p. 12.