About Arnórr jarlaskáld
Lived 1018 – 1070 (aged 51–52). Arnórr jarlaskáld was an Icelandic poet and skald.
Arnórr Þórðarson jarlaskáld (Poet of Earls) (c. 1012 – 1070s) was an Icelandic skald, son of Þórðr Kolbeinsson. Arnórr travelled as a merchant and often visited Orkney where he composed poems for the Earls, receiving his byname. For king Magnus the Good, he composed Hrynhenda. He also composed memorial poems for Magnus the Good and Haraldr harðráði. He is considered one of the major skalds of the 11th century.
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Icelandic skald
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Arnórr jarlaskáld was born in 1018.
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Arnórr jarlaskáld died in 1070.
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Arnórr jarlaskáld was a poet and skald.
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Arnórr jarlaskáld was Icelandic.
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