The skalds also employed complex kennings in which the determinant, or sometimes the base-word, is itself made up of a further kenning: grennir gunn-más “ feeder of war-gull ” = “ feeder of raven ” = “ warrior ” ( Þorbjörn hornklofi: Glymdrápa 6 ); eyðendr arnar hungrs “ destroyers of eagle ’ s hunger ”

In addition to the use of kennings, skalds used tmesis to obscure the meaning of the poem.

The verses of the skalds contain a great profusion of kennings, the fixed metaphors found in most northern European poetry of the time.

The bridge is attested as Bilröst in the Poetic Edda ; compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and as Bifröst in the Prose Edda ; written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson, and in the poetry of skalds.

Freyja is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources ; in the Prose Edda and Heimskringla, both written by Snorri Sturluson in the 13th century ; in several Sagas of Icelanders ; in the short story Sörla þáttr ; in the poetry of skalds ; and into the modern age in Scandinavian folklore, as well as the name for Friday in many Germanic languages.

Heimdallr is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional material ; in the Prose Edda and Heimskringla, both written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson ; in the poetry of skalds ; and on an Old Norse runic inscription found in England.

Loki is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources ; the Prose Edda and Heimskringla, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson ; the Norwegian Rune Poems, in the poetry of skalds, and in Scandinavian folklore.

Sif is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson, and in the poetry of skalds.

Skaði is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources ; the Prose Edda and in Heimskringla, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson, and in the works of skalds.

Ymir is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier tradition material, in the Prose Edda, written by Snorri Sturluson in the 13th century, and in the poetry of skalds.

Bestla is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson, and in the poetry of skalds.

Gerðr is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources ; the Prose Edda and Heimskringla, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson ; and in the poetry of skalds.

Kvasir is attested in the Prose Edda and Heimskringla, both written by Snorri Sturluson in the 13th century, and in the poetry of skalds.

He is attested in the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson, and in the poetry of Viking Age skalds.

It is not known whether the skalds employed musical instruments, though some speculate they may have accompanied their verses with the harp or lyre.

The section states that early skalds once referred to Christ in relation to Urðarbrunnr and Rome, and quotes the late 10th century skald Eilífr Goðrúnarson, who states that " thus has the powerful king of Rome increased his realm with lands of heath-land divinities i. e. heathen lands " and that Christ is said to have his throne south of Urðarbrunnr.

Nanna is frequently mentioned in the poetry of skalds and a Nanna, who may or may not be the same figure, is mentioned once in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources.

Auðr is attested in the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson, and in the poetry of skalds.

Nevertheless there are many instances of ambiguity in the corpus, some of which may be intentional, and some evidence that, rather than merely accepting it from expediency, skalds favoured contorted word order for its own sake.

In other Indo-European societies, the same function was fulfilled by skalds, rhapsodes, minstrels and scops, among others, offices that may sometimes also be subsumed under the term " bard " by extension.

Rímur can be traced back to the Viking Age Eddic poetry of the skalds and employs complex metaphors and cryptic rhymes and forms.

List believed that the transition from Wotanism to Christianity had proceeded smoothly under the direction of the skalds, so that native customs, festivals and names were preserved under a Christian veneer and only needed to be ' decoded ' back into their heathen forms.

In chapter 48, poetic terms for " battle " include " weather of weapons or shields, or of Odin or valkyrie or war-kings, or their clash or noise ", followed by examples of compositions by various skalds that have used the name of valkyries in said manner ( Þorbjörn Hornklofi uses " Skögul's din " for " battlefield ", Bersi Skáldtorfuson uses " Gunnr's fire " for " sword " and " Hlökk's snow " for " battle ", Einarr Skúlason uses " Hildr's sail " for " shield " and " Göndul's crushing wind " for " battle ", and Einarr skálaglamm uses " Göndul's din ").

By contrast, the verse preserved from the skalds consists mostly of poems in praise of kings and incidental verse preserved in the sagas, often done up in the elaborate metre, and the ballad-like forms that form most of the corpus of the Poetic Edda.

Versions of the royal descent are preserved in various works by Icelandic skalds and historians, some based on now lost works: Þjóðólfr of Hvinir's Ynglingatal, in Nóregs konungatal ( which preserves information from a lost work by Sæmundr fróði ), and at greatest length in Snorri Sturluson's Heimskringla ( which preserves information from a now lost version of Ari Þorgilsson's Íslendingabók ).

They are attested in the Poetic Edda, a collection of epic poetry compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, in the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson, and in the poetry of skalds.

Huginn and Muninn are attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources ; the Prose Edda and Heimskringla, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson ; in the Third Grammatical Treatise, compiled in the 13th century by Óláfr Þórðarson ; and in the poetry of skalds.

In the 9th century the first instances of skaldic poetry also appear with the skalds Bragi Boddason, Þjóðólfr of Hvinir and the court poets of Harald Fairhair.

The Vanir are attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources ; the Prose Edda and Heimskringla, both written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson ; and in the poetry of skalds.

They appear throughout the poetry of skalds, in a 14th century charm, and in various runic inscriptions.

Some scholars propose that the names of the valkyries themselves contain no individuality, but are rather descriptive of the traits and nature of war-goddesses, and are possibly the descriptive creations of skalds.

The Nine Mothers of Heimdallr are attested in the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson ; in the poetry of skalds ; and possibly also in a poem in the Poetic Edda, a book of poetry compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional material.

In life he was a patron of Irish poets and Scandinavian skalds who wrote verses praising their paymaster.

The kings and nobles, for their part, were not only intelligent and appreciative audiences for gifted skalds ; some of them were poets in their own right.

Many skalds were men of influence and power, and were thus biographically noted.

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