My thanks are due to the Syndics of the Cambridge University Press for undertaking the publication of this book, and to the staff for their unfailing courtesy.
To Professor Thuren of Christiania I am indebted for kindly allowing me to print the melodies from his son's Folkesangen paa Færøerne. I have also to thank many friends in St Andrews and Cambridge for help which they have kindly given to me in various ways, including Professor Lawson, Dr Maitland Anderson and the staffs of the two University Libraries, and Mr B. Dickins. Especially I wish to thank Professor Chadwick to whom I am indebted for constant help and advice throughout the book.
N. K.
2 November, 1920.
Table of Contents
PART I
SAGAS
| PAGE | |
| General Introduction | [3] |
| The Tháttr of Nornagest | [11] |
| The Tháttr of Sörli | [38] |
| The Saga of Hromund Greipsson | [58] |
| The Saga of Hervör and Heithrek | [79] |
| Appendix to Part I (The Combat at Samsø and Hjalmar's Death Song) | [144] |