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Eyjólfr dáðaskáld (poet of deeds) was a skald active in the early 11th century. He was the court poet of Eiríkr Hákonarson for whom he composed the Bandadrápa, his only known poem. Eight stanzas and a refrain are preserved of the Bandadrápa in the kings' sagas, primarily Heimskringla, and in Skáldskaparmál. The content of the poem is also summarized in Fagrskinna. The preserved parts of Bandadrápa relate Eiríkr's early deeds; his killing of Skopti, his becoming a jarl at a young age, his raids in the Baltic and his attack on Ladoga. Judging from the Fagrskinna summary the complete poem was much more extensive, going up to the battle of Svöldr and beyond. It may have been composed around the year 1010.

Apart from what can be surmised from his poetry nothing is known about Eyjólfr. He may have been an Icelander like most known skalds of the period. The refrain of the Bandadrápa celebrates Eiríkr for conquering lands "according to the will of the gods", a phrase borrowed from Einarr skálaglamm's Vellekla. This pagan reference in a poem about the ostensibly Christian Eiríkr may suggest that the poet was himself a pagan.

References

• Finlay, Alison (editor and translator) (2004). Fagrskinna, a Catalogue of the Kings of Norway. Brill Academic Publishers. ISBN 90-04-13172-8
• Eyjólfr dáðaskáld: Bandadrápa 1-9

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- [en] Eyjólfr dáðaskáld

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[es] Eyjólfr dáðaskáld

Eyjólfr dáðaskáld (poeta de los hechos) fue un escaldo de principios del siglo XI en la corte del jarl de Lade Eiríkr Hákonarson para quien compuso Bandadrápa, el único poema conocido de su autoría, del cual se conservan ocho estrofas y un refrán en las sagas reales, principalmente en Heimskringla y Skáldskaparmál. El contenido del poema se resume también en Fagrskinna. Las partes conservadas de Bandadrápa relatan los primeros hechos de Eirík: la muerte de Skopti, su ascenso como jarl siendo muy joven, sus incursiones en el Báltico y su ataque a Staraya Ladoga. Analizando Fagrskinna posiblemente el poema era mucho más extenso, incluida la participación del jarl en la batalla de Svolder y otros hechos posteriores. Se compuso hacia el año 1100 d. C.

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[fr] Eyjólfr dáðaskáld

Eyjólfr dáðaskáld (« Eyjólfr le poète des faits » en vieux norrois) est un scalde islandais du XIe siècle. Il fut notamment poète à la cour du jarl norvégien Éric Håkonsson pour le compte duquel il composa le Bandadrápa, la seule de ses œuvres qui nous est parvenue.

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