Cormac, grandson of a Norwegian champion who fought for Harald Fairhair, grows up in Iceland, falls in love with Steingerd at first sight, and pours his passion into verse. A witch’s curse stands between them, and when Steingerd is married to another the poet turns to duels, sea-roving and more verse. Collingwood and Jón Stefánsson translated this Kormáks saga in 1902.
One of the shorter and more personal Icelandic sagas, prized for the love poems woven through it. Download the free EPUB.