málaháttr
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Málaháttr (Old Norse: ) is a poetic metre in Old Norse poetry, which is usually described as "conversational style." It is similar to fornyrðislag except that there are more syllables in a line; usually five.
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Málaháttr (Old Norse: ) is a poetic metre in Old Norse poetry, which is usually described as "conversational style." It is similar to fornyrðislag except that there are more syllables in a line; usually five.
Poems with verses in this metre: Atlamál (the only eddic poem composed entirely in Málaháttr) Atlakviða (partly) Hárbarðsljóð (partly) Hávamál (partly) Hrafnsmál
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