Kormak's Saga (Part 3)

In Part 3 of Kormak's Saga, we complete the story of Holmgang Bersi and introduce a new rival for Steingerd's affections. There's also a magical sea beast, more slanderous poetry, and we discuss Norse names.

Today's Text:
The Life and Death of Cormac the Skald. Translated by W.G. Collingwood and J. Stefansson. Viking Club Translation Series, no. 1., Wm Holmes, Ltd., 1902. Google Books.
Kormáks saga. Icelandic Saga Database, edited by Sveinbjörn Þórðarson, 2007. sagadb.org/kormaks_saga.is.

Audio Credits:
"Cincinnati Kid." The Kids in the Hall, Season 2, Ep. 16, 2 April 1991. YouTube.
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. Directed by Peter Jackson, New Line Cinema, 2002.
The Big Lebowski. Written by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Gramercy Pictures, 1998.
"Kormak's Theme" and "Harpish Improvisations" composed and performed by Patrick Lane.

Chapters
00:00:00 Enclosure Acad Reminder
00:00:22 Introduction
00:01:19 Norse Bynames
00:09:24 New Characters with Bynames
00:18:11 Níð, Poetry. and the Law
00:23:43 Recap: The Saga So Far
00:25:16 Other Prefatory Notes
00:28:10 Text: Kormak's Saga, ch. 15-21, translated by W.G. Collingwood & Jón Stefánsson
00:57:09 Commentary
01:10:51 Riddles
01:12:22 Outro