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scaldic poetry

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scaldic or Skaldic poetry: see Old Norse literature Old Norse literature, the literature of the Northmen, or Norsemen, c.850–c.1350. It survives mainly in Icelandic writings, for little medieval vernacular literature remains from Norway, Sweden, or Denmark.
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The first section of the Younger Edda, the Gylfaginning, however, ends with the image of Gangleri, standing alone on a wide and deserted plain on his way back home; and "Bragi's discourse" (second part of the Younger Edda, the Bragaradhur), ends with the statement that what the preceding tale reveals is why we call scaldic poetry Openn's find or Openn's potion.
 
 
 
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