Eilífr Goðrúnarson was a late 10th century skald, considered to be the author of the poem Þórsdrápa. The skald was a member of a group of Poets whose courtly poetry (Icelandic dróttkvæði) is associated with the courts of Scandinavian and Icelandic Þórsdrápa ( Thorsdrapa, Lay of Thor) is a skaldic poem by Eilífr Goðrúnarson, a poet in the service of Jarl Hákon He is also credited with Hákonar drápa jarls and a fragment remains of a poem with Christian allusions which is also believed to be his work. A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth He was a court poet of Hákon the Powerful. Haakon II Sigurdsson Jarl ( Hákon Sigurðsson, Håkon Sigurdsson (died 995 was the son of Sigurd Haakonsson, Earl of Lade, and thus Trøndelag
External links
- Jörmungrund: Þórsdrápa (Old Norse text with English translation and thorough structural and linguistic analysis. )
- Eilífr's entry in the Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages database
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