Edition and Translation: Liðsmannaflokkr ('The Soldier’s Song'), ed. and trans. Richard North

Title

Edition and Translation: Liðsmannaflokkr ('The Soldier’s Song'), ed. and trans. Richard North

Subject

Old Norse Poetry

Description

An edition and translation of the (anonymous?) skaldic poem Liðsmannaflokkr ('The Soldier’s Song') by Richard North, detailing the capture of London by Earl Thorkell the Tall and Cnut in 1016. The edition and translation is excerpted from The Longman Anthology of Old English, Old Icelandic, and Anglo-Norman Literatures, Edited by Richard North, Joe Allard, Patricia Gillies (2010). Reproduced with permission of the author.

Creator

Richard North

Source

Author

Publisher

Routledge

Date

2010

Contributor

Richard North

Rights

(c) Richard North

Format

PDF

Language

English
Old Norse

Type

Text

Identifier

http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/2293

Coverage

Viking Age
England
London

Files

Soldier's Song 1016.pdf

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