"Skald" Quotes from Famous Books
... very great helper," the Saga adds, "to many men, bountiful of money, gentle, and a steadfast friend; a great man for feats of strength, and a good skald" or poet. In 1192 he was canonised as St. Ragnvald[43] with, it is said, full Papal sanction. Save during Harold Maddadson's minority he was never Earl of Caithness, and then had the title only as ... — Sutherland and Caithness in Saga-Time - or, The Jarls and The Freskyns • James Gray |