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Óttarr svarti (''Óttarr the Black'') was an 11th-century Icelandic skald. He was the court poet first of Óláfr skautkonungr of Sweden, then of Óláfr Haraldsson of Norway, the Swedish king Anund Jacob and finally of Cnut the Great of Denmark and England. His poems are significant contemporary evidence for the careers of Óláfr Haraldsson and Cnut the Great. Óttarr was the nephew of Sigvatr Þórðarson, and Óttarr clearly based the poem ''Hǫfuðlausn'', his encomium for Óláfr Haraldsson, on Sigvatr’s ''Víkingarvísur'', which tallies the king's early Viking expeditions.〔Grove, Jonathan (2009). ‘Recreating Tradition: Sigvatr Þórðarson’s ''Víkingarvísur'' and Óttarr svarti’s ''Höfuðlausn''’. In: (''Á austrvega. Saga and East Scandinavia. Preprint Papers of The 14th International Saga Conference Uppsala, 9th–15th August 2009'' ), ed. Agneta Ney, et al., vol. II, pp. 327–335〕 A small ''þáttr'' (short story) on Óttarr, ''Óttars þáttr svarta'', is preserved in Flateyjarbók, Bergsbók, Bæjarbók and Tómasskinna. ==Works== #''Óláfsdrápa sœnska''. Verses for the Swedish king Olof Skötkonung. #''Höfuðlausn'' (also spelled as ''Hǫfuðlausn''). #''Knútsdrápa''. Verses for Cnut the Great. ''Knútsdrápur'' composed by other poets include those of Sigvatr Þórðarson and Hallvarðr háreksblesi. #''Lausavísur''. A recent review of the origins of the nursery rhyme London Bridge is Falling Down has debunked the popularly held belief that it enshrines an English folk memory of a Viking attack on London, sometimes connected with an attack in 1014 for which a stanza from Óttarr's ''Höfuðlausn'' is the earliest source.〔Clark, John (2002). ‘London Bridge and the archaeology of a nursery rhyme’, ''London Archaeologist'' 9, 338–40; cf. Hagland, Jan Ragnar, and Watson, Bruce. (2005). 'Fact or folklore: the Viking attack on London Bridge', ''London Archaeologist'' 12, 328-33〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Óttarr svarti」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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