The Story of Gunnlaug the Worm-tongue and Raven The Skald

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Author

Anonymous

Title

The Story of Gunnlaug the Worm-Tongue and Raven the Skald 1875

Credits

Produced by David Widger

Language

English

LoC Class

PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures

Subject

Legends -- Iceland

Category

Text

eBook-No.

24421

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24421

Release Date

January 25, 2008

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE STORY OF GUNNLAUG THE WORM-TONGUE AND RAVEN THE SKALD. — Translated From The Icelandic By Eirikr Magnusson And William Morris
2. 2.1875 — [Transcriber’s Note: Thought to be written in the 13th Century]
3. 3.CHAPTER I. Of Thorstein Egilson and his Kin.
4. 4.CHAPTER II. Of Thorsteins Dream.
5. 5.CHAPTER III. Of the Birth and Fostering of Helga the Fair.
6. 6.CHAPTER IV. Of Gunnlaug Worm-tongue and his Kin.
7. 7.CHAPTER V. Of Raven and his Kin.
8. 8.CHAPTER VI. How Helga was vowed to Gunnlaug, and of Gunnlaug’s faring abroad.
9. 9.CHAPTER VII. Of Gunnlaug in the East and the West.
10. 10.CHAPTER VIII. Of Gunnlaug in Ireland.
11. 11.CHAPTER IX. Of the Quarrel between Gunnlaug and Raven before the Swedish King.
12. 12.CHAPTER X. How Raven came home to Iceland, and asked for Helga to Wife.
13. 13.CHAPTER XI. Of how Gunnlaug must needs abide away from Iceland.
14. 14.CHAPTER XII. Of Gunnlaug’s landing, and how he found Helga wedded to Raven.
15. 15.CHAPTER XIII. Of the Winter-Wedding at Skaney, and how Gunnlaug gave the Kings Cloak to Helga.
16. 16.CHAPTER XIV. Of the Holmgang at the Althing.
17. 17.CHAPTER XV. How Gunnlaug and Raven agreed to go East to Norway, to try the matter again.
18. 18.CHAPTER XVI. How the two Foes met and fought at Dingness.
19. 19.CHAPTER XVII. The News of the Fight brought to Iceland.
20. 20.CHAPTER XVIII. The Death of Helga the Fair.

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