Kormákr Ögmundarson

Kormákr Ögmundarson (Old Norse: Kormákr Ǫgmundarson [ˈkorˌmɑːkz̠ ˈɔɣˌmundɑz̠ˌson]; Modern Icelandic: Kormákur Ögmundarson [ˈkʰɔrˌmauːkʏr ˈœɣˌmʏntarˌsɔːn]) 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.

He tells of the first time he met Steingerðr, the love of his life.

Read aloud with modern Icelandic pronunciation.