Excerpt from Saga of Halfred the Sigskald: A Northern Tale of the Tenth Century

Nigh upon fifty winters ago, there was growing up in the North a boy named Halfred. In Iceland, on the Hamund Fjord, stood the splendid hall of his father, Hamund.

At that time, so the heathen people believe, elves and goblins still moved about freely among the Northern nations. And many say that an elf, who had been friendly to the powerful Hamund, drew near to the shield cradle of the boy Halfred, and for his first food laid wild honey upon his lips, and said -

"Victory shall be thine in harping -

Victory shall be thine in singing -

Sigskald shall all nations name thee."

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