""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""ABBREVIATIONS""; ""Introduction""; ""LausavÃsur and Other Verses""; ""Excursus: The Present Historic Tense in Poetry""; ""The Poems""; ""Pjódólfr Arnórsson: The Battle of the River Nissa (from Sexstefja)""; ""'Fridgerdarflokkr': The Peace Negotiations between Haraldr and Sveinn""; ""'Lidsmannaflokkr': The Campaigns of Knútr and Porkell in England""; ""'Darradarljód': A Viking Victory over the Irish""; ""Three Reconstructed Poems""; ""' Torf-Einarr's Revenge'""; ""'Egill's Duel with Ljótr'""; ""EirÃkr Vidsjá: A Battle on the Heath""