THE PASSION-HYMNS
OF ICELAND

BEING TRANSLATIONS FROM THE PASSION-HYMNS OF HALLGRIM PETURSSON AND FROM THE HYMNS OF THE MODERN ICELANDIC HYMN BOOK

TOGETHER WITH
AN INTRODUCTION
BY
C. VENN PILCHER, B.D.

FOREWORD BY THE RIGHT REV.
H. C. G. MOULE, D.D.
BISHOP OF DURHAM

LONDON: ROBERT SCOTT
ROXBURGHE HOUSE
PATERNOSTER ROW, E.C.
MCMXIII

TO
MY MOTHER,
WHO FIRST TAUGHT ME
THE STORY OF THE CROSS,
AND INTERESTED ME
IN THE
PEOPLE OF ICELAND.