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Rimur
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Grettisrimur — The Rimur of GrettirEight rímur retelling the youth and early adventures of Grettir the Strong — his wild boyhood at Bjarg, the horse-flaying, the killing of Skeggi, the barrow-breaking at Háramsey, the berserkers and th...Introduction to RimurThe rímur are the hidden sea of Icelandic literature — over a thousand narrative poem-cycles composed from the fourteenth century to the nineteenth, retelling sagas, romances, myths, and histories in...Olafs rima Haraldssonar — The Rima of Olafr HaraldssonThe oldest known ríma — the first voice in seven centuries of Icelandic narrative verse. Einar Gilsson sings of Saint Olaf: his Christian kingship, the treachery of his thanes, the battle at Stiklesta...Skaldhelgarimur — The Rimur of Skald-Helgi---Skidarima — The Rima of SkidiThe strangest poem in medieval Icelandic literature. Skíði — a grotesque, hunchbacked wanderer — travels the western fjords begging for food, falls asleep at a farmstead, and dreams that Þór carries h...