The Heimskringla; A History of the Norse Kings Volume 1 - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1230294422 ISBN 13 : 9781230294421

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Danish tongue; and also concerning some of their family branches, according to what has been told me. Some of this is found in ancient family registers, in which the pedigrees of kings and other personages of high birth are reckoned up, and part is written down after old songs and ballads which our forefathers had for their amusement. Now, although we cannot just say what truth there may be in these, yet we have the certainty that old and wise men held them to be true. Thjodolf of Hvin was the skald of Harald Harfager, and he composed a poem for King Rognvald the Mountain-high, which is called Ynglingatal. This Rognvald was a son of Olaf Geirstadaalf, the brother of King Halfdan theB
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• ISBN 10: 1230294422
• ISBN 13: 9781230294421
• Reliure: Broché