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    Hrafnsmál (Old Norse: [ˈhrɑvnsˌmɑːl]; "raven song") is a fragmentary skaldic poem generally accepted as being written by the 9th-century Norwegian skald...
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    potentially pre-dated by two skaldic poems, Haraldskvæði (also known as Hrafnsmál) and Glymdrápa, which have been attributed to Þorbjörn hornklofi or alternatively...
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  • his previous wives and concubines for her. Snorri cites a stanza from Hrafnsmál to back this claim up, but said stanza only mentions Harald rejected several...
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    Valkyrie (section Hrafnsmál)
    Þögn, Hjalmþrimul, Þrima and Skalmöld. The fragmentary skaldic poem Hrafnsmál (generally accepted as authored by 9th century Norwegian skald Þorbjörn...
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  • Atlamál (the only eddic poem composed entirely in Málaháttr) Atlakviða (partly) Hárbarðsljóð (partly) Hávamál (partly) Hrafnsmál Carmina Scaldica v t e...
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    to as early as the 9th century. Owing to its stylistic similarity to Hrafnsmál it has been suggested that the poem might have been composed by Þorbjörn...
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    become herders and agriculturists, to whom ravens act as competitors. Hrafnsmál, a 9th-century Old Norse poem consisting of a conversation between a valkyrie...
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    A valkyrie speaks with a raven in a 19th-century illustration of the Old Norse poem Hrafnsmál ("raven song") by Frederick Sandys...
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  • 13th-century Icelandic writer Snorri Sturluson in the Prose Edda. A third poem, Hrafnsmál, is also attributed to him by Snorri, although scholars rather think that...
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  • sagas. A portion of two skaldic poems by him which are preserved are Hrafnsmál and Glymdrápa. The first poem, which utilizes verse form málaháttr, describes...
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