Lausavísa

Form of Old Norse and later Icelandic poetry

In Old Norse poetry and later Icelandic poetry, a lausavísa (pl. lausavísur) is a single stanza composition, or a set of stanzas unconnected by narrative or thematic continuity.

Lausavísur are often introduced in the text of sagas with the phrase þá kvað (then said).

References

  • Carmina Scaldica

External links

  • Skaldic Poetry Project - Anonymous lausavísa from Ágrip af Nóregskonunga sǫgum


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