Glymdrápa
Glymdrápa (""Drápa" of din") is a skaldic poem composed by Þorbjörn Hornklofi, the court poet of King Harald I of Norway ("Haraldr hárfagri"). Composed toward the end of the 9th century, the poem recounts several battles waged by King Harald, mostly as he was uniting Norway. Composed in "dróttkvætt", only seven stanzas and two half-stanzas are preserved, chiefly in the "Heimskringla" ("Haralds saga hárfagra"). "Glymdrápa" is the oldest praise poem to a king ("konungsdrápa") which has come down to us. The poem has few clear geographical or historical points of reference, and the two sagas which quote it , "Heimskringla" and "Fagrskinna" interpret it differently. In "Heimskringla", the poem is said to recount Harald's fight against the people of Orkdal at Oppdal forest ("Uppdalsskógr"), first against Huntiof, King of Nordmøre ("Húnþjófr"), his son Solve Klove ("Sölvi") and his father-in-law King Nokkve ("Nökkvi"), king of Romsdal; second against Sölvi and his allies Arnviðr, king of Sunnmøre, and Auðbjörn, who ruled over the Fjords in the districts of Nordfjord and Sunnfjord. According to "Fagrskinna's" account, part of the poem relates events of the Battle of Hafrsfjord, the decisive battle in King Harald's unification of Norway. Glymdrápa