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Edda" (/ ˈ ɛ d ə /; Old Norse Edda, plural Eddur) is an Old Norse term that has been applied by modern scholars to the collective of two Medieval Icelandic literary works: what is now known as the Prose Edda and an older collection of poems (without an original title) now known as the Poetic Edda.
The verse was used by the family of Margaret, the Dowager Viscountess De L'Isle – the grandmother of royal confidante Tiggy Legge-Bourke – for her funeral in February 2002. [1] The Queen read the poem in the printed order of service, and was reportedly touched by its sentiments and "slightly upbeat tone".
"The Stranger at the Door" (1908) by W. G. Collingwood. Hávamál (English: / ˈ h ɔː v ə ˌ m ɔː l / HAW-və-mawl; Old Norse: Hávamál, [note 1] classical pron. [ˈhɒːwaˌmɒːl], Modern Icelandic pron. [ˈhauːvaˌmauːl̥], ‘Words of Hávi [the High One]’) is presented as a single poem in the Codex Regius, a collection of Old Norse poems from the Viking age.
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Angrboða (Old Norse: [ˈɑŋɡz̠ˌboðɑ]; also Angrboda) is a jötunn in Norse mythology.She is the mate of Loki and the mother of monsters. [1] She is only mentioned once in the Poetic Edda (Völuspá hin skamma) as the mother of Fenrir by Loki.
"Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)", otherwise known as simply "Norwegian Wood", is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1965 album Rubber Soul. It was written mainly by John Lennon , with lyrical contributions from Paul McCartney , and credited to the Lennon–McCartney songwriting partnership.
Other than the dragon banner of Olaf II of Norway, the Landøyðan of Harald Hardrada is the only early Norwegian royal standard described by Snorri Sturluson in the Heimskringla. [ 33 ] In two panels of the famous Bayeux tapestry , standards are shown which appear to potentially be raven banners (although one is small and not given a motif).
Nokomis is the name of Nanabozho's grandmother in the Ojibwe traditional stories and was the name of Hiawatha's grandmother in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem, The Song of Hiawatha, which is a re-telling of the Nanabozho stories. Nokomis is an important character in the poem, mentioned in the familiar lines: By the shores of Gitche Gumee,