Reading of skaldic verse by David Baker and Orri Tomasson

Reading of skaldic verse by David Baker and Orri Tomasson

skaldic poetry; Old Norse; language; literature; audio; performance

Readings of skaldic verse produced for the Orkney Project. Orri Tomasson reads the Old Norse, and David Baker reads the translations of the following poems:

1. Earl Rögnvaldr Kali Kolsson, a Lausavísur from Orkneyinga saga, ch 58 in which he boasts of his nine skills.
2. Lausavísur 10 from Orkneyinga saga, ch 47.
3. Lausavísur 12 from Orkneyinga saga, ch 49.
4. Lausavísur 15 from Orkneyinga saga, ch 55.

5. Sigmundr ǫngull, Lausavísur 1 from Orkneyinga saga, ch 62.

6. Arnorr Thordarson jarlaskáld, 'Þorfinnsdrápa' st 2.
7. 'Þorfinnsdrápa' st 21.

8. Torf-Einarr Rǫgnvaldsson, Lausavísur 4 from Orkneyinga saga, ch. 5.
9. Lausavísur 2 from Orkneyinga saga, ch. 3.

David Baker and Orri Tomasson

http://www.orkneyproject.org/#/learn-more/4575478595

The Orkney Project / University of Oxford

2012

The Orkney Project

The Orkney Project (public domain)

www.orkneyproject.org

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English

Old Norse

Audio recording

http://www.orkneyproject.org/#/learn-more/4575478595

Orkney

Viking Age

Texts can be found on the Skaldic Poetry Database

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