Saga of Halfred the Sigskald A Northern Tale of the Tenth Century by Felix Dahn

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.