Kormákr Ögmundarson

Kormákr Ögmundarson (Old Norse: Kormákr Ǫgmundarson ; Modern Icelandic: Kormákur Ögmundarson ) was a 10th-century Icelandic skald. He is the protagonist of Kormáks saga which preserves a significant amount of poetry attributed to him. According to Skáldatal, he was also the court poet of Sigurðr Hlaðajarl and fragments of a drápa to the jarl are preserved in Skáldskaparmál.

The following stanzas represent some of Kormákr's love poetry. He tells of the first time he met Steingerðr, the love of his life. Read aloud with modern Icelandic pronunciation.