Babe, a new skaldic kenning just dropped
The eyebrows are the tires of the face. A good set will get you through most situations
February 22, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Babe, a new skaldic kenning just dropped
Happy #Skaldic New Year to all who celebrate!
As promised, Vol. 5 (Poetry in the Sagas of Icelanders) is now out of embargo and online — skaldic.org/m.php?p=vol&...
Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages
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January 1, 2026 at 8:43 AM
Happy #Skaldic New Year to all who celebrate!
“The one who frightens Englishmen"--engla ǿgir--is a title given to a Norwegian king in a skaldic poem from the mid-1000s, around the last time England and Norway faced off.
July 11, 2026 at 9:44 PM
“The one who frightens Englishmen"--engla ǿgir--is a title given to a Norwegian king in a skaldic poem from the mid-1000s, around the last time England and Norway faced off.
292 kennings for sea here skaldic.org/m.php?p=kenn...
Skaldic Project - kenning type
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January 22, 2026 at 9:43 PM
292 kennings for sea here skaldic.org/m.php?p=kenn...
a good reminder why these fellas were associated with Odin/ a recurring theme in Skaldic poetry
February 16, 2026 at 6:24 PM
a good reminder why these fellas were associated with Odin/ a recurring theme in Skaldic poetry
Delighted to report the oldest attestation of the phrase "silly goose" I've ever seen
This Old Norse skaldic stanza (ca. 1300) calls a man a fool for refusing to learn about the law.
He's called a "gassi", lit: a goose
This Old Norse skaldic stanza (ca. 1300) calls a man a fool for refusing to learn about the law.
He's called a "gassi", lit: a goose
March 27, 2024 at 1:49 PM
Delighted to report the oldest attestation of the phrase "silly goose" I've ever seen
This Old Norse skaldic stanza (ca. 1300) calls a man a fool for refusing to learn about the law.
He's called a "gassi", lit: a goose
This Old Norse skaldic stanza (ca. 1300) calls a man a fool for refusing to learn about the law.
He's called a "gassi", lit: a goose
Ósnjallr maðr
hyggsk munu ey lifa,
ef hann við víg varask;
en elli gefr
hánum engi frið,
þótt hánum geirar gefi.
[Hávamál, 16]
Skaldic moods, if you will…
hyggsk munu ey lifa,
ef hann við víg varask;
en elli gefr
hánum engi frið,
þótt hánum geirar gefi.
[Hávamál, 16]
Skaldic moods, if you will…
September 8, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Ósnjallr maðr
hyggsk munu ey lifa,
ef hann við víg varask;
en elli gefr
hánum engi frið,
þótt hánum geirar gefi.
[Hávamál, 16]
Skaldic moods, if you will…
hyggsk munu ey lifa,
ef hann við víg varask;
en elli gefr
hánum engi frið,
þótt hánum geirar gefi.
[Hávamál, 16]
Skaldic moods, if you will…
Reading about the performativity of Norse skaldic poetry and thinking again about how JRRT stumbled on some theoretical concepts that weren’t fully articulated until after his time.
August 8, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Reading about the performativity of Norse skaldic poetry and thinking again about how JRRT stumbled on some theoretical concepts that weren’t fully articulated until after his time.
"Reading Old English to Filth: Queer Approaches to Translation"
"Medievalism in Soviet and Russian Science Fiction"
"The Word 'Skald' as a Possible Major Clue to the Origin of Skaldic Poetry"
"Medievalism in Soviet and Russian Science Fiction"
"The Word 'Skald' as a Possible Major Clue to the Origin of Skaldic Poetry"
April 3, 2024 at 7:00 PM
"Reading Old English to Filth: Queer Approaches to Translation"
"Medievalism in Soviet and Russian Science Fiction"
"The Word 'Skald' as a Possible Major Clue to the Origin of Skaldic Poetry"
"Medievalism in Soviet and Russian Science Fiction"
"The Word 'Skald' as a Possible Major Clue to the Origin of Skaldic Poetry"
They'll be erecting niþ-poles at each other next, in true skaldic fashion
May 5, 2024 at 9:49 AM
They'll be erecting niþ-poles at each other next, in true skaldic fashion
Drawing The Lad again. Further work and semi re-design on the little dude I drew at work the other day. Meet my Monstersona, Ægreth. He is a Mountain Wyrm. He enjoys long walks in the cold, hot mead, skaldic poetry where the dragon wins, and brutally devouring sheep and goats.
January 5, 2026 at 4:38 AM
Drawing The Lad again. Further work and semi re-design on the little dude I drew at work the other day. Meet my Monstersona, Ægreth. He is a Mountain Wyrm. He enjoys long walks in the cold, hot mead, skaldic poetry where the dragon wins, and brutally devouring sheep and goats.
5. Some kids with names got mad at other kids with names, probably because of sheep or inheritance or something.
6. People with names kill each other, say some wry one-liners, and utter an impromptu skaldic verse or two.
7. An undead creature briefly causes trouble.
6. People with names kill each other, say some wry one-liners, and utter an impromptu skaldic verse or two.
7. An undead creature briefly causes trouble.
October 1, 2026 at 7:49 AM
5. Some kids with names got mad at other kids with names, probably because of sheep or inheritance or something.
6. People with names kill each other, say some wry one-liners, and utter an impromptu skaldic verse or two.
7. An undead creature briefly causes trouble.
6. People with names kill each other, say some wry one-liners, and utter an impromptu skaldic verse or two.
7. An undead creature briefly causes trouble.
June 29, 2025 at 11:19 PM
James Hart on Viking verse and the spirit of a poetic form.
pennywagers.substack.com/p/3-skaldic-...
#poetry #alliteration #poem #Skaldic #alliterativeverse
pennywagers.substack.com/p/3-skaldic-...
#poetry #alliteration #poem #Skaldic #alliterativeverse
3 skaldic poems and a rant about form
Knowing the rules of form isn't the same as knowing what it wants.
pennywagers.substack.com
March 24, 2025 at 11:19 PM
James Hart on Viking verse and the spirit of a poetic form.
pennywagers.substack.com/p/3-skaldic-...
#poetry #alliteration #poem #Skaldic #alliterativeverse
pennywagers.substack.com/p/3-skaldic-...
#poetry #alliteration #poem #Skaldic #alliterativeverse
One of Rǫgnvaldr Kolsson's ships was named Fífa, see ch. 85 of #Orkneyingasaga #SagaoftheEarlsofOrkney and his lausavísa 8: skaldic.ku.dk/q?p=skp/skal... #arrows #ships
February 19, 2026 at 8:29 AM
One of Rǫgnvaldr Kolsson's ships was named Fífa, see ch. 85 of #Orkneyingasaga #SagaoftheEarlsofOrkney and his lausavísa 8: skaldic.ku.dk/q?p=skp/skal... #arrows #ships
The first one has a more skaldic feel to it, I think.
April 7, 2026 at 8:17 PM
The first one has a more skaldic feel to it, I think.