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Alliterative Poetry in Old Norse verse meters ~
Below are modern English poems using alliterative (stave-rhyming)
Old Norse verse meters
that were in use at the time of the Eddas and Sagas.
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What´s alliteration?
Ljóðaháttr (Song Meter)
* Odin´s Rune Song
Jack Hart
* Blessing to Ithunn
P.D.Brown
* Calling to Saga
P.D.Brown
*
Rune Poem P.D.Brown
* Sea Goddess Passion
Erik Goodwyn
* A Ballad to Odin
Erik Goodwyn
* Odin’s Lament
Erik Goodwyn
* The Fight for the Necklace
Michaela Macha
* The Binding Ones
Michaela Macha
*
Gudrun
and Brynhild II Michaela Macha
* Gerd Meets Frey
Michaela Macha
*
Hail to Ullr
Robin Herne
*
Sif's Son
Robin Herne
* Vanadis Matthias
*
Invocation
Paul
Edwin Zimmmer
*
Son of Fury Michaela Macha
(with deviations from the form)
Drottkvaett (Court Meter)
*
The Death of
Mundilfari´s Daughter
Richard A. Edwards
* Lakeside Hunter
Jonathan Cyr
*
Lenctenlong
Math
Jones
(with small deviation from the form)
Fornyrðislag (Old Meter)
* Fenris Unleashed Michaela
Macha
* The
Song of the Mill Michaela Macha
* Starkad´s Fate
Michaela Macha
* The Lay of Hildebrand
Michaela Macha
* Hakon´s Passage
version 2
Michaela Macha
*
The Claiming of Gerd
Jack Hart
*
Sigrun and Helgi
Jack Hart
* The Lay of Signy Volsungsdottir
Jack Hart
*
The
Lay of Bileyg
Jack Hart
*
Farmaguth Jack
Hart
* Skadi´s Choice
Jack Hart
* The Song of
the Nuthatches
Jack Hart
*
Brynhild´s Hel Ride
Jack Hart
*
Brynhild´s Request
Jack Hart
*
Grotti´s Song
Jack Hart
*
Hogni and the Water Sprites
Jack Hart
* The Near Marriage
of Thrym Dunstan LeHeryngmongere
* Hymn to Tyr
Siegfried
Goodfellow
* Bravest in Battle Mark Ludwig Stinson
* The Ísland Journey Mark Ludwig Stinson
* Skadhi´s
Laughter Math Jones
* Grithspell Math Jones
* Almighty Frey Math Jones
* Tyr Song Math Jones
* Hoder´s Song Math Jones
* Rune-Kennings Nick
Ford
* Loki´s Wedding Gift Nick
Ford
* Heathen Pride
Eirik Westcoat
Poems approaching old meters, or with great use of alliterative techniques
*
Bragi
Liam Henrie
* Saga
Liam Henrie
* Laufey Liam Henrie
*
Asa-Loki
Wayland Skallagrimsson
* Lady
of Cats Christie L. Ward
* Hakon´s Passage
version 1 Michaela
Macha
* Under the Cloak
Michaela Macha
* Hadding
Michaela Macha
*
At the Battle of Maldon
Lady Rosalind Jehanne
* Odin Hanging
from Yggdrasil
Siegfried
Goodfellow
*
Frey´s True Love
Robin Herne
*
Hail to Ullr
Robin Herne
*
Hoo is the Queen?
Robin Herne
* The Fish Herd´s
Words Robin Herne
*
Binding of the Wolf
Jezreell
*
The Song of Tyrfing
Angantyr
* The Skaldkonger (Bard
King)
Mikal Hrafspa
*
In Utgard Loki´s Hall
Jennifer Lawrence
*
Roarer Liam Henrie
*
Way Weary
Liam Henrie
*
Angrboða Michaela Macha
*
The Mead of Poetry
Celestial Elf
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