The Hervarar Saga ok Heiðreks on Ormar

Stories And Ballads > part likewise seems to be a story of the Viking Age. Towards the end, > The Saga Of HervöR And Heithrek

• attestation: Statement from passage 71 of the source text

  "We will stay in our homes for the winter, And as princes are wont when they dine, We will hold high converse together, Quaffing the costly wine."

• attestation: Statement from passage 71 of the source text

  "We will call on the Hunnish people To arm them with spear and with shield.-- They shall march to the fight Right royally dight, And conquer their foes in the field."

• attestation: Further detail from passage 71

  "And the Huns shall mass Ere the winter pass, And assemble a countless throng."

• attestation: Further detail from passage 71

  "All those of twelve years old and upwards, who were fit for military service and could carry arms, joined the army, and all the horses of two years old and upwards."

• attestation: Further detail from passage 71

  "The host was now so big that thousands and nothing less than thousands could be counted in the legions."