Skáldatal(Catalogue of Poets) is a short prose work by Snorri Sturluson inOld Norse.It was preserved in two manuscripts: DG 11, orCodex Uppsaliensis,which is one of the four main manuscripts of theProse Edda(first quarter of the 14th century), and Kringla, the main manuscript of theHeimskringlafrom around 1260, which was lost in the fire of Copenhagen in 1728. Several copies of it exist.Skáldatallists court poets of Norwegian rulers from legendary times until the assassination of Snorri in 1241. The two copies add rulers until 1260 and 1300. Rulers in Denmark and Sweden that are mentionedHeimskringlaare generally also inSkáldatal.The archetype ofSkáldatalby Snorri Sturluson can be restored with some confidence as shown by Þorgeir Sigurðsson. He showed that the Kringla version has added poets fromHeimskringlathat are not in DG 11 and that DG 11 seems to have edited inconvenient information related to Snorri.
Steinvör Sighvatsdóttiris one of three women listed as a poet inSkáldatal.Another is Vilborg under KingOlaf III of Norway(d. 1069), the third isÁslaugwife ofKing Ragnar.
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- editionprintedGuðni Jónsson.Based on a C-version by Jón Sigurðsson. It includes poets from both version. Skalds that are misplaced in one versions appear in two places in this edition.
- Pageat theSkaldic Project
- Skáldatal, stained with bloodÞorgeir Sigurðsson. 2023. "Skáldatal Snorra Sturlusonar blóði drifið",Són21, pp. 66–108.