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Þórðr Kolbeinsson

Icelandic skald · Iceland · On the map · Writers · Born c. 975

Þórðr Kolbeinsson was an 11th-century Icelandic skald, or poet. He was the court poet of Eiríkr Hákonarson and some 17 stanzas of his poetry on the earl are preserved in the kings' sagas. The following example is from Eiríkr's campaign in England with Canute the Great.

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Iceland
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Born c. 975