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Title: Saga of Halfred the Sigskald
A Northern Tale of the Tenth Century

Author: Felix Dahn

Translator: Sophie F. E. Veitch

Release Date: May 19, 2010 [EBook #32443]

Language: English

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SAGA OF HALFRED THE SIGSKALD

SAGA

OF

HALFRED THE SIGSKALD

_A Northern Tale of the Tenth_
_Century_

BY
FELIX DAHN.

TRANSLATED BY SOPHIE F. E. VEITCH.

ALEXANDER GARDNER,
PAISLEY; AND 12 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON.
1886.

CONTENTS.

PAGE

CHAPTER I.,
CHAPTER II.,
CHAPTER III.,
CHAPTER IV.,
CHAPTER V.,
CHAPTER VI.,
CHAPTER VII.,
CHAPTER VIII.,
CHAPTER IX.,
CHAPTER X.,
CHAPTER XI.,
CHAPTER XII.,
CHAPTER XIII.,
CHAPTER XIV.,
CHAPTER XV.,
CHAPTER XVI.,
CHAPTER XVII.,
CHAPTER XVIII.,
CHAPITER XIX.,
POSTSCRIPT,

Saga of Halfred the Sigskald.

CHAPTER I.

Nigh upon fifty winters ago, there was growing up in the North a boy
named Halfred. In Iceland, on the Hamund Fjord, stood the splendid hall
of his father, Hamund.

At that time, so the heathen people believe, elves and goblins still
moved about freely among the Northern nations. And many say that an
elf, who had been friendly to the powerful Hamund, drew near to the
shield cradle of the boy Halfred, and for his first food laid wild
honey upon his lips, and said--

"Victory shall be t