The Life and Death of Cormac the Skald
The Life and Death of Cormac the Skald
Anonymous Icelandic Epic
Author unknown.
Translation by W.G. Collingwood & J. Stefansson (Ulverston, 1901).
CHAPTER ONE Cormac's Fore-Elders.
Harald Fairhair was king of Norway when this tale begins. There was a chief in the kingdom in those days and his name was Cormac; one of the Vik-folk by kindred, a great man of high birth. He was the mightiest of champions, and had been with King Harald in many battles.
He had a so ...