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'Þorbjörn hornklofi' was a 9th century Norwegian poet. He was the court poet of King Harald Fairhair.
His preserved works are:

★ ''Glymdrápa'' - A ''drápa'' on King Harald.

★ ''Haraldskvæði'' (''Hrafnsmál'') - Another poem on King Harald, this one uses the ''málaháttr'' metre.

★ One lausavísa.
''Glymdrápa'' is the oldest ''dróttkvætt'' praise poem describing the deeds of a living king which has come down to us.

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References

★ Carmina Scaldica

★ Skáldatal

★ An index of Þorbjörn's poetry

★ Haraldskvæði

★ The Lay of Harold Translation and commentary by Lee M. Hollander