olkeviser_, Vol.
I, p. 252. Also Axel Olrik, _Danske Folkeviser i Udvalg_, Vol.
I, p. 263.]

[Footnote 2: Cf. Olrik, _op. cit._, p. 78. For general
information on the Danish ballads the reader is referred to
Steenstrup, _Vore Folkeviser_ (Copenhagen, 1891), translated
by E. G. Cox (Boston, 1914).]

[Footnote 3: See, however, the Introduction to the _Ballad of
Hjalmar and Angantyr_, p. 182 above.]

[Footnote 4: So MS. _A_; but cf. below _v. 1_ and note.]

ANGELFYR AND HELMER THE WARRIOR

1. Offue he dwelt in Uthiss-kier,
Both rich and bold was he;
And when two sons were born to him,
He vowed they should warriors be.

Refrain: _But the tempest from the North
Lashes dark and troubled billows
On the gleaming waste of sand._[1]

2. It was Young Helmer the Warrior;
He bade them saddle his steed:
"I Ride to Upsala this day,
The King's daughter to wed."

3. Then up and spake Young Angelfyr,
Where he stood in scarlet so red:
"O never shalt thou this eventide
To the lovely maid be wed!"

4. Then up and spake Young Angelfyr:
He bade them saddle his steed:
"I will gallop today to Upsala,
Till the earth is rent with my speed."

5. Out of doors in the castle-court
They busked them in cloaks of skin,
And so went they to the hall gallery,
Where the King of Upsala sat within.

6. In came Young Helmer the Warrior,
And stood before the board;
"O King, I pray thee, give me thy daughter,--
I wait thy friendly word."

7. In there came Young Angelfyr,
And gold shone on his hand:
"O King, I pray thee, give me thy daughter
And quit thee from this thy land."

8. Long and long stood the King of Upsala,
And pondered silently,
How those heroes who stood before him
He might answer fittingly.

9. It was the King of Upsala,
And he spake this word theretil:
"I give my daughter to that man only
Who has won him her goodwill."

10. "I give thee thanks, my father dear,
That the choice thou lay'st on me;
I give myself to Young Helmer the Warrior,
For a noble man is he.

11. "I will not wed me to Angelfyr:
For he is half a troll;--
So is his father, and so his mother,
And so are his kinsfolk