The Life and Death of Cormac the Skald

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The Icelandic saga of Cormac, hot-tempered poet, and Steingerd, whom he loved his whole life and never married; a curse, duels, and viking voyages follow, with Cormac's verses at every turning. Translated by W.G. Collingwood and Jon Stefansson.

Chapter One Cormac's Fore-Elders
Chapter Two How Cormac Was Born and Bred
Chapter Three How Cormac Fell In Love
Chapter Four How Cormac Liked Black-Puddings
Chapter Five They Waylay Cormac: And The Witch Curses Him
Chapter Six Cormac Wins His Bride and Loses Her
Chapter Seven How Steingerd Was Married To Somebody Else
Chapter Eight How Cormac Chased Bersi And His Bride
Chapter Nine Of Another Witch, And Two Magic Swords
Chapter Ten The Fight On Leidarholm
Chapter Eleven The Songs That Were Made About The Fight
Chapter Twelve Bersi's Bad Luck At The Thor's-Ness Thing
Chapter Thirteen Steingerd Leaves Bersi
Chapter Fourteen The Bane Of Thorkel Toothgnasher
Chapter Fifteen The Rescue Of Steinvor Slim-ankles
Chapter Sixteen How Vali Fell Before An Old Man And A Boy
Chapter Seventeen How Steingerd Was Married Again
Chapter Eighteen Cormac's Voyage To Norway
Chapter Nineteen How Cormac Fought In Ireland, And Went Home To Iceland; And How He Met Steingerd Again
Chapter Twenty Of A Spiteful Song That Cormac Never Made; And How Angry Steingerd Was
Chapter Twenty-One How Thorvard Would Not Fight, But Tried To Get The Law Of Cormac
Chapter Twenty-Two What The Witch Did For Them In Their Fights
Chapter Twenty-Three How Cormac Beat Thorvard Again
Chapter Twenty-Four How They All Went Out To Norway
Chapter Twenty-Five How They Cruised With The King's Fleet, And Quarrelled, And Made It Up
Chapter Twenty-Six How Cormac Saved Steingerd Once More From Pirates; And How They Parted For Good And All
Chapter Twenty-Seven The Swan-Songs of Cormac