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This is a short video to introduce MOIRAI's latest concert project on the Old Norse poetic Edda. More information can be found here: http://www.hannamarti.com/moirai-en

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Essay Question: How does Thomas Gray adapt his sources (Baldrs draumar and Darraðarljóð) in ‘The Descent of Odin’ and ‘The Fatal Sisters’?

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A performance of the Eddic poem 'Skírnismál' by postgraduates of the Faculty of English at the University of Oxford, during the Old Norse Poetry in Performance (ONPIP) Conference at Somerville College, Friday 24 June. This extract is from the curse…

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A performance of the Eddic poem 'Skírnismál' by postgraduates of the Faculty of English at the University of Oxford, during the Old Norse Poetry in Performance (ONPIP) Conference at Somerville College, Friday 24 June. These are the opening lines.

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A short extract from a performance of the Eddic poemAtlakviða (sts. 15, 16 and 18)by Hanna Marti and Benjamin Bagby of Sequentia, at the 'Old Norse Poetry in Performance' Conference in Oxford, Friday, 24 June organised byAnnemari Ferreira…

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The opening stanza of a performance of the Eddic poem Vǫluspá by Hanna Marti of Sequentia, at the 'Old Norse Poetry in Performance' Conference in Oxford, Friday, 24 June organised by Annemari Ferreira andBrian John McMahon. For more…

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Hrafnagaldur Óðins is a late-medieval or early modern Icelandic Eddic-style poem, which was considered by early editors to be part of the Eddic corpus.

According to the performer, Guðrún Kristín Magnúsdóttir, who chants the poem in the…

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This is a link to a the poem Adelsö, by Justin Quinn, which was printed in the 22 August 2016 edition of The New Yorker magazine. It uses Norse mythology to talk about climate change.

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Eleanor Parker discusses the Old English poem 'The Battle of Maldon'. The poem describes a battle that is also recorded in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, and which the Vikings won. Olaf Tryggvason may have been present at this battle, as some traditions…

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A Viking Army under Olaf Trygvasson had been raiding the eastern and southern coast of England in the summer of 991AD unmolested until Byrhtnoth, with the men of Essex, cornered it on Northey Island, near Maldon in August. The two armies faced each…

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Schorn's thesis on Old Norse wisdom poetry. The thesis is downloadable at the link for this item.

Citation:
Schorn, B. E. (2012). 'How can his word be trusted?': speaker and authority in Old Norse wisdom poetry (doctoral thesis).

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This memorial poem for St Olaf was composed by Sigvatr Þórðarson. The hyperlink takes you to the Skaldic Poetry project where the text is available in Old Norse and in English.

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This is a translation of Bjarkamál in fornu which was sung by the skald Thormod before the battle of Stiklestad.

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The poem Bjarkamál in fornu in Old Norse, Danish and Swedish.

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Heimskringla is an online collection of Old Norse source material.

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The history of three Viking kings (Harald Bluetooth, Sweyn Forkbeard, Cnut the Great) told using sound and video projection mapping as a Son et Lumiere for Illuminating York 2013.

For detailed notes on the history used in this work follow these…

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Modern Poets on Viking Poetry is a cultural engagement scheme based at the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, University of Cambridge. It is funded by the AHRC. The project aims to create cross-cultural engagement between modern and Viking…

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Recital in Old Norse from the original Edda text, Voluspa (The Sibyls Prophecy or Divination of the Witch), a Heathen, Viking Age, Old Norse Poem on Creation, recorded in writing during the 12th Century A.D. (See below for English…

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This is the opening poem of the Poetic Edda, chanted in a style influenced by rímur tradition by Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson, allsherjargoði (very roughly translated as "high priest") of Iceland's Ásatrúarfélagið (Æsir Faith Fellowship) from…

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People once thought that Vikings drank from the skulls of their enemies. This is a misunderstanding of Krákumál 25 where it states: 'drekkum bjór af bragði ór bjúgviðum hausa' 'drink beer at once from the…
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