Háttatal
E361897
Háttatal is a section of Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda that systematically catalogs and exemplifies the various verse forms and meters of Old Norse skaldic poetry.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Háttatal canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3473925 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Háttatal Context triple: [Prose Edda, structure, Háttatal]
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A.
Hohe Acht
Hohe Acht is the highest peak in Germany’s Eifel region, known for its volcanic origins and panoramic views.
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B.
Hannut
Hannut is a municipality in the French-speaking Walloon Region of Belgium, known for its rural character and location between Liège and Brussels.
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C.
Achtmaal
Achtmaal is a small village in the municipality of Zundert in the Dutch province of North Brabant.
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D.
Etten
Etten is a village in the Netherlands known as one of the early places where Vincent van Gogh lived and worked.
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E.
The Eight
The Eight was a group of early 20th-century American painters who rebelled against academic art standards and helped pave the way for the Ashcan School and modern American art.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Háttatal Target entity description: Háttatal is a section of Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda that systematically catalogs and exemplifies the various verse forms and meters of Old Norse skaldic poetry.
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A.
Hohe Acht
Hohe Acht is the highest peak in Germany’s Eifel region, known for its volcanic origins and panoramic views.
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B.
Hannut
Hannut is a municipality in the French-speaking Walloon Region of Belgium, known for its rural character and location between Liège and Brussels.
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C.
Achtmaal
Achtmaal is a small village in the municipality of Zundert in the Dutch province of North Brabant.
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D.
Etten
Etten is a village in the Netherlands known as one of the early places where Vincent van Gogh lived and worked.
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E.
The Eight
The Eight was a group of early 20th-century American painters who rebelled against academic art standards and helped pave the way for the Ashcan School and modern American art.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Old Norse poetic treatise
ⓘ
section of the Prose Edda ⓘ skaldic metrical catalogue ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Catalogue of Metres ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Skaldic poetry
ⓘ
Prose Edda ⓘ
surface form:
Snorra Edda
|
| author | Snorri Sturluson ⓘ |
| contains |
metrical examples
ⓘ
praise poetry ⓘ |
| describes |
Old Norse skaldic meters
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Old Norse skaldic verse forms ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
classification of metrical types
ⓘ
formal properties of verse ⓘ |
| genre | poetic handbook ⓘ |
| hasPart | individual stanzas illustrating different meters ⓘ |
| influenced | later scholarship on Old Norse metrics ⓘ |
| language | Old Norse ⓘ |
| literaryTradition |
Icelandic literature
ⓘ
Old Norse literature ⓘ |
| medium | manuscript tradition ⓘ |
| partOf | Prose Edda ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | sections of the Prose Edda ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Iceland ⓘ |
| purpose |
didactic explanation of verse forms
ⓘ
systematic catalog of skaldic meters ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Gylfaginning
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Skáldskaparmál ⓘ |
| subject |
alliteration patterns
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internal rhyme ⓘ kenning usage ⓘ poetic technique ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 13th century ⓘ |
| usedAs | source for reconstructing skaldic metrical rules ⓘ |
| writtenIn | prosimetric form ⓘ |
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Subject: Háttatal Description of subject: Háttatal is a section of Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda that systematically catalogs and exemplifies the various verse forms and meters of Old Norse skaldic poetry.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Manuscript Wormianus