The Skalds: A Selection of Their Poems with Introduction and Notes by Sigvat Thórdarson, Egill Skallagrimsson, Einar Helgason, Lee M. Hollander, Thiódólf of Hvin, Úlf Uggason, Arnor Thórdarson, Thióldólf Arnórson, Bragi Boddason, Sneglu-Halli, Harold Sigurdarson

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The Skalds: A Selection of Their Poems with Introduction and Notes
Sigvat Thórdarson, Egill Skallagrimsson, Einar Helgason, Lee M. Hollander, Thiódólf of Hvin, Úlf Uggason, Arnor Thórdarson, Thióldólf Arnórson, Bragi Boddason, Sneglu-Halli, Harold Sigurdarson with Lee M. Hollander (Translator)

224 pages • first pub 1945 (view editions)

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From Old Norse antiquity has come down to us the large body of verse which the skalds -- or court poets of Norway and Iceland -- composed to signalize a feat of arms or an act of generosity by the lords.The skalds were usually witty and ingenious ...