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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.
