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Life and Death of Cormac the Skald

Life and Death of Cormac the Skald

by W. G. Collingwood

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Translator
Jón Stefánsson, 1862-
Title
The Life and Death of Cormac the Skald
Credits
Produced by Doublas B. Killings and David Widger
Language
English
LoC Class
PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures
Subject
Sagas -- Translations into English
Category
Text
eBook-No.
265
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/265
Release Date
July 3, 2008
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.LIFE AND DEATH OF CORMAC THE SKALD
  2. 2.By Unknown Author — Originally written in Icelandic sometime between 1250 - 1300 A.D. although parts may be based on a now lost 12th century saga. — Translation by W.G. Collingwood & J. Stefansson (Ulverston, 1901).
  3. 3.CHAPTER ONE. Cormac's Fore-Elders.
  4. 4.CHAPTER TWO. How Cormac Was Born and Bred.
  5. 5.CHAPTER THREE. How Cormac Fell In Love.
  6. 6.CHAPTER FOUR. How Cormac Liked Black-Puddings.
  7. 7.CHAPTER FIVE. They Waylay Cormac: And The Witch Curses Him.
  8. 8.CHAPTER SIX. Cormac Wins His Bride and Loses Her.
  9. 9.CHAPTER SEVEN. How Steingerd Was Married To Somebody Else.
  10. 10.CHAPTER EIGHT. How Cormac Chased Bersi And His Bride. — Cormac took his horse and weapons and saddle-gear.
  11. 11.CHAPTER NINE. Of Another Witch, And Two Magic Swords.
  12. 12.CHAPTER TEN. The Fight On Leidarholm.
  13. 13.CHAPTER ELEVEN. The Songs That Were Made About The Fight.
  14. 14.CHAPTER TWELVE. Bersi's Bad Luck At The Thor's-Ness Thing.
  15. 15.CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Steingerd Leaves Bersi.
  16. 16.CHAPTER FOURTEEN. The Bane Of Thorkel Toothgnasher.
  17. 17.CHAPTER FIFTEEN. The Rescue Of Steinvor Slim-ankles.
  18. 18.CHAPTER SIXTEEN. How Vali Fell Before An Old Man And A Boy.
  19. 19.CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. How Steingerd Was Married Again.
  20. 20.CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. Cormac's Voyage To Norway.
  21. 21.CHAPTER NINETEEN. How Cormac Fought In Ireland, And Went Home To Iceland; And How He Met Steingerd Again.
  22. 22.CHAPTER TWENTY. Of A Spiteful Song That Cormac Never Made; And How Angry Steingerd Was.
  23. 23.CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE. How Thorvard Would Not Fight, But Tried To Get The Law Of Cormac.
  24. 24.CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO. What The Witch Did For Them In Their Fights.
  25. 25.CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE. How Cormac Beat Thorvard Again.
  26. 26.CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR. How They All Went Out To Norway.
  27. 27.CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE. How They Cruised With The King's Fleet, And Quarrelled, And Made It Up.
  28. 28.CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX. How Cormac Saved Steingerd Once More From Pirates; And How They Parted For Good And All.
  29. 29.CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN. The Swan-Songs of Cormac.

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