Óttarr svarti (“Óttarr the Black”) was an 11th-century Icelandic skald. He was the court poet first of Óláfr skautkonungr of Sweden, then of Óláfr Haraldsson...
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The Knútsdrápa by the skald Óttarr svarti (Óttar the Black) is one of the Old Norse poems composed for King Cnut. Knútsdrápur (plural of Knútsdrápa) are...
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of King Cnut the Great, three poems by Sigvatr Þórðarson, Óttarr svarti, and Óttarr svarti (partially preserved) Geisli ‒ the deeds of King Olaf Haraldsson...
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Encomium Emmae, do not mention this. Even so, in a Knútsdrápa by the skald Óttarr svarti, there is a statement that Cnut was "of no great age" when he first...
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briefly in Knýtlinga saga which quotes a verse of skaldic poetry by Óttarr svarti, one of Cnut's court poets. King Knut fought the third battle, a major...
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who had supported Olaf against him. A verse by the Icelandic skald Óttarr svarti calls Cnut "king of the Danes, the Irish, the English and the Islanders";...
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Heimskringla, published by Samuel Laing in 1844, included a verse by Óttarr svarti, that looks very similar to the nursery rhyme: London Bridge is broken...
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same stanza is attributed to Sigvatr Þórðarson in Heimskringla and to Óttarr svarti in other sagas on St. Óláfr. Styrmir's saga gives some information on...
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Finnic peoples under Swedish control had rebelled. The Icelandic skald Óttarr svarti spent some time at Olof's court and composed the poem Óláfsdrápa sænska...
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