Snorri Sturluson

American  

[snor-ree stœr-luh-son, snawr-ee stur-luh-suhn] / ˈsnɒr ri ˈstœr lə sɒn, ˈsnɔr i ˈstɜr lə sən /

noun

1. 1179–1241, Icelandic historian and poet.

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Snorri Sturluson British  

/ ˈsnɔːrɪ ˈstɜːləsən /

noun

1. 1179–1241, Icelandic historian and poet; author of Younger or Prose Edda (?1222), containing a collection of Norse myths and a treatise on poetry, and the Heimskringla sagas of the Norwegian kings from their mythological origins to the 12th century

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Example Sentences

It is the 1594 printed edition of a work by the 13th-century historian Snorri Sturluson, and tells medieval stories of Viking kings, queens, farmers and warriors.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

Cnut called out, according to Snorri Sturluson, the great Icelandic poet and chronicler of the era.

From Washington Post • Sep. 28, 2022

Morris even began to look like the chieftain-poet Snorri Sturluson, his London friends complained.

From The Guardian • Mar. 27, 2010

The Younger Edda, in prose, was written down by one Snorri Sturluson in the last part of the twelfth century.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Snorri Sturluson, his prose Edda, 193. his “Heimskringla,” 193. his “Skalda,” 193.

From Lectures on The Science of Language by Müller, Max