CONTENTS

p. ix

Introduction		xi
The Old Lay of Biarki (Biarkamól hin fornu)		3
The Lay of Ingiald		12
The Lay of Víkar (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 (Eiriksmól)		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