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buried in the field of battle, together with their arms: and it is at their tombs that Hervor, the daughter of Angantyr, who had taken a voyage thither on purpose, makes the following invocation.”
“N. B. This Piece is published from the translation of Dr. Hickes, with some considerable emendations; See his Thesaurus Antiq. Literaturæ Septentrion. Tom. 1. p. 193.
“The Hervarer Saga, whence this poem is extracted, is an old Islandic history[1], the author and date of which are unknown: but it is believed, in general, to be of very great
- ↑ Saga in the Islandic language signifies a History, &c.
