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Old Norse Poems: The Most Important Non-Skaldic Verse Not Included in the Poetic Edda

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The group of poems here offered comprises practically all the more considerable (non-Skaldic) verse material not in the Edda. It shows, even better than that remarkable collection, of which it is intended to be the supplement, the wealth of independent poetic inventions and forms that flourished in the Scandinavian North before and immediately after, the introduction of Christianity, especially when we bear in mind that much is irretrievably lost.

Author(s): Lee M. Hollander (transl.)
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Year: 1936

Language: English
Pages: XVI+118
City: New York

Introduction xi
The Old Lay of Biarki (Biarkamól hin fornu) 3
The Lay of Ingiald 12
The Lay of Vikar (Víkarsbálkr) 18
Hiálmar's Death Song 26
The Lay of Hervor (Hervararkvitha) 29
The Lay of Hloth and Angantýr or The Battle of the Huns 36
The Lay of Innstein 46
Hildibrand's Death Song 52
The Lay of Harold (Haraldskvæthi or Hrafnsmól), by Thórbiorn hornklofi 56
The Lay of Eric (Eiríksmól) 63
The Lay of Hákon (Hákonarmól), by Eyvind Finnsson skáldaspillir 66
The Song of the Valkyries (Darratharlióth) 72
The Curse of Busla (Buslubœn) 76
The Oath of Truce (Tryggthamól) 80
The Riddles of King Heithrek (Heithreksgátur) 85
The Sun Song (Sólarlióth) 101