The Story Of Gunnlaug The Worm-Tongue And Raven The Skald

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Unknown. The Story Of Gunnlaug The Worm-Tongue And Raven The Skald

CHAPTER I. Of Thorstein Egilson and his Kin

CHAPTER II. Of Thorsteins Dream

CHAPTER III. Of the Birth and Fostering of Helga the Fair

CHAPTER IV. Of Gunnlaug Worm-tongue and his Kin

CHAPTER V. Of Raven and his Kin

CHAPTER VI. How Helga was vowed to Gunnlaug, and of Gunnlaug’s faring abroad

CHAPTER VII. Of Gunnlaug in the East and the West

CHAPTER VIII. Of Gunnlaug in Ireland

CHAPTER IX. Of the Quarrel between Gunnlaug and Raven before the Swedish King

CHAPTER X. How Raven came home to Iceland, and asked for Helga to Wife

CHAPTER XI. Of how Gunnlaug must needs abide away from Iceland

CHAPTER XII. Of Gunnlaug’s landing, and how he found Helga wedded to Raven

CHAPTER XIII. Of the Winter-Wedding at Skaney, and how Gunnlaug gave the Kings Cloak to Helga

CHAPTER XIV. Of the Holmgang at the Althing

CHAPTER XV. How Gunnlaug and Raven agreed to go East to Norway, to try the matter again

CHAPTER XVI. How the two Foes met and fought at Dingness

CHAPTER XVII. The News of the Fight brought to Iceland

CHAPTER XVIII. The Death of Helga the Fair

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One summer, it is said, a ship came from over the main into Gufaros. Bergfinn was he hight who was the master thereof, a Northman of kin, rich in goods, and somewhat stricken in years, and a wise man he was withal.

Now, goodman Thorstein rode to the ship, as it was his wont mostly to rule the market, and this he did now. The Eastmen got housed, but Thorstein took the master to himself, for thither he prayed to go. Bergfinn was of few words throughout the winter, but Thorstein treated him well The Eastman had great joy of dreams.

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“But soon I thought that the eagle first-come ruffled up at the coming of the other. Then they fought fiercely and long, and this I saw that both bled, and such was the end of their play, that each tumbled either way down from the house-roof, and there they lay both dead.

“But the swan sat left alone, drooping much, and sad of semblance.

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