Óttarr svarti ("Óttarr the Black") was an 11th-century Icelandic skald, he was the last court poet, finally of which King of Denmark, England and Norway; together often referred to as the North Sea Empire?
Óttarr svarti Óttarr svarti ("Óttarr the Black") was an 11th-century Icelandic skald. He was the court poet first of Óláfr skautkonungr of Sweden, then of Óláfr Haraldsson of Norway, the Swedish king Anund Jacob and finally of Cnut the Great of Denmark and England. His poems are significant contemporary evidence for the careers of Óláfr Haraldsson and Cnut the Great.
Skáldatal Skáldatal ("Catalogue of Poets") is a short prose work in Old Norse. It is preserved in two manuscripts: DG 11, or "Codex Uppsaliensis", which is one of the four main manuscripts of the "Prose Edda" (first quarter of the 14th century), and AM 761 a 4to (about 1700), which also contains Skaldic poems. It lists the court poets of Scandinavian rulers from legendary times up to the late 13th century with short notes on some.