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- noun A heroid, laudatory verse form in old Icelandic, popular between the 10th and 13th centuries and featuring a
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Etymologies
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Examples
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When we reach a lord's hall, make a drapa about what I wrought this day.
The Boat of a Million Years Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1989
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When we reach a lord's hall, make a drapa about what I wrought this day.
The Boat of a Million Years Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1988
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Thormod sings about this affair in his Thorgeir's drapa:
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"Geisli" (beam), a drapa in honour of St. Olaf, is noteworthy, as also the "Hattatal" of Snorri Sturluson (q.v.).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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The most pretentious kind of Skaldic poem was the drapa (literally "fall of men").
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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Like a wailing Norse-land _drapa_ [CO] rose her death-song weird and wild:
The Feast of the Virgins and Other Poems Hanford Lennox Gordon 1878
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Like a wailing Norse-land _drapa_ [c] rose her death-song weird and wild:
Legends of the Northwest Hanford Lennox Gordon 1878
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Men läggen oss, I söner, i högar två 37 på var sin sida fjärden vid bölja blå; ty hennes sång är ljuvlig ännu för anden, och som ett drapa klinga dess slag vid stranden.
Fritiofs Saga Esaias Tegn��r 1814
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