Lausavísa
In Old Norse poetry and later Icelandic poetry, a lausavísa (pl. lausavísur) is a single stanza composition, or a set of stanzas unconnected by narrative or thematic continuity.
Lausavísur are often introduced in the text of sagas with the phrase þá kvað (then said).
References
External links
- Skaldic Poetry Project - Anonymous lausavísa from Ágrip af Nóregskonunga sǫgum
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