Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages is a project which is editing the corpus of Old Norse-Icelandic skaldic poetry.^[1], along with all poetry written down in runes. The project will publish nine volumes and is supported by a website. The corpus comprises 5797 verses by 447 skalds preserved in 718 manuscripts.^[2] As of October 2021, five volumes have been published, all of which can be accessed via the project's website.^[3]

Anatoly Liberman wrote in a review of volume 7: "As far as the textual criticism and decipherment of skaldic poetry are concerned, after this edition not much is left for anyone to add".^[4]

List of volumes

• Whaley, Diana, ed. (2012). Poetry from the Kings' Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Vol. 1.
• Gade, Kari Ellen, ed. (2009). Poetry from the Kings' Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Vol. 2.
• Gade, Kari Ellen; Marold, Edith, eds. (2017). Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Vol. 3.
• Nordal, Guðrún (ed.). Poetry on Icelandic History. Vol. 4. Forthcoming
• Wills, Tarrin; Gade, Kari Ellen; Clunies Ross, Margaret (eds.). Poetry in Sagas of Icelanders. Vol. 5. Forthcoming
• Marold, Edith; Busch, Vivian; Krüger, Jana (eds.). Runic Poetry. Vol. 6. Forthcoming
• Clunies Ross, Margaret, ed. (2012). Poetry on Christian Subjects. Vol. 7.
• Clunies Ross, Margaret, ed. (2017). Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Vol. 8.
• Burrows, Hannah, ed. (2012). Bibliography and Indices. Vol. 9. Forthcoming

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