One of the earliest preserved Skaldic poems, which were based on highly complex rules of alliteration and metre, this 10th-century work praises the gift of a painted shield depicting mythological scenes. This is a bilingual edition of the poem.
"I for one am glad that scholars of Dr North's calibre are undertaking this research and urge any serious student to avail himself of this book..." -- Ian Read, Runa, Issue 15, 2004.