The Life and Death of Cormac the Skald by W. G. Collingwood and Jón Stefánsson
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"The Life and Death of Cormac the Skald" by W. G. Collingwood and Jón Stefánsson is a saga translation written in the 13th century. It tells the story of tenth-century Icelandic poet Kormak Ogmundsson and his doomed love for Steingerd Torkelsdottir. A curse causes Kormak to arrive late for his own wedding, forcing Steingerd to marry another. The saga follows Kormak's journey to Ireland with King Harald Greycloak and his eventual fate
in Scotland, preserving many poems about his lost love. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Translator | Collingwood, W. G. (William Gershom), 1854-1932 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Jón Stefánsson, 1862- |
| Uniform Title | Kormáks saga. English |
| Title | The Life and Death of Cormac the Skald |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korm%C3%A1ks_saga |
| Credits | Produced by Doublas B. Killings and David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 86.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures |
| Subject | Kormákr Ögmundarson, approximately 935-970 -- Romances |
| Subject | Sagas -- Translations into English |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 265 |
| Release Date | Jul 3, 2008 |
| Last Update | Jan 28, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 608 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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